Parus cinereus
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In 3 days >90%
The cinereous tit or Asian tit (Parus cinereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. This species is made up of several populations that were earlier treated as subspecies of the great tit (Parus major). These birds are grey backed with white undersides. The great tit in the new sense is distinguishable by the greenish-back and yellowish underside. The distribution of this species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia. The Japanese tit was formerly treated as a separate species but is now grouped together with the cinereous tit.
The cinereous tit was formally described in 1818 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot under the binomial name Parus cinereus. He specified the type location as Batavia, now Jakarta, on the Indonesian island of Java. The cinereous tit was formerly considered as conspecific with the great tit (Parus major).
Twenty subspecies are recognised: P... Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ueno Zoological Gardens (West Garden) | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit sighting in Nikko National Park on a given day, based on 482 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 102 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August–September
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit in Nikko National Park on a given day, against about 40% in March, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinereous Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Cinereous Tit sightings, Nikko National Park has the highest daily chance: about 80%. Next come Horton Plains National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%) and Ranthambore National Park (India, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Paridae
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Tit that you can see in Nikko National Park (family Paridae, Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) are Coal Tit (about 60%), Willow Tit (about 60%) and Chestnut-bellied Tit (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinereous Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Nikko National Park (482 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.
