Parus spilonotus
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its range extends across the eastern Himalayas, southern China and Indochina.
The yellow-cheeked tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Machlolophus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. Wikipedia →
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Hong Kong SAR China · 2024
© johnallcock · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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Thailand · 2025
© Daan Drukker · Observation.org, Nature data from around the World · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Shanghai | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-cheeked Tit sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th most-seen of the 388 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.
March and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-cheeked Tit in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and October, the lowest months. Those are among Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-cheeked Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-cheeked Tit sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-cheeked Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (120 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.
