Poecile davidi
Silhouette: Andy Wilson · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Père David's tit or the rusty-breasted tit (Poecile davidi) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to central China in southern Gansu, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi and Sichuan. It is 12–13 centimetres (4.7–5.1 in) long with a weight of 10–12.5 grams (0.35–0.44 oz), and is similar to the related sombre tit (P. lugubris) in appearance, with a black head with white cheeks, dark grey-brown back, wings and tail, and rusty brown underparts.
Its natural breeding habitat is subalpine forests at 2,135–3,400 m altitude, mostly resident but higher altitude birds descending a little in winter to below 3,050 metres (10,010 ft). Notes Sources Bangs, Outram (1932). Birds of Western China Obtained by the Kelly-Roosevelts Expedition. Field Museum of Natural History Publication 314, Zoological Series. Vol. XVIII. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 343–380.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Christie, D., eds. (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Père David's Tit sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 66th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Père David's Tit in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April to October, the lowest months. Those are among Jiuzhaigou National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in July. January to March have too few records to rate.
Only Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Père David's Tit sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Père David's Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (22 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.
