Leptopoecile elegans
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The crested tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans) is a species of bird in the family Aegithalidae. It is found in China and possibly India. Its natural habitat is boreal forest. It generally has a red hint to it and a bit of blue on, or near, its wings. The tail is of an emerald green colour.
This species is considered monotypic, although it was previously divided into two subspecies: the type subspecies and the subspecies meissneri, which was lumped with elegans in 2022. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Tit-Warbler sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Tit-Warbler in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 10% in September and November–December, the lowest months. Those are among Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crested Tit-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Crested Tit-Warbler sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crested Tit-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (35 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
