Genus

Great Tits and Allies

Parus

20 species in our catalog · found in 102 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyParidae (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice)
GenusParus (Great Tits and Allies)

Species in this group

Parus major

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Parus cinereus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Parus monticolus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Parus spilonotus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Parus niger

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Parus albiventris

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Parus carpi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus rufiventris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus leucomelas

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus funereus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus holsti

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus fasciiventer

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus thruppi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus aplonotus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Parus afer

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Parus fringillinus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Parus cinerascens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Parus xanthogenys

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Parus guineensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Parus griseiventris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~50%

Jan

~50%

Feb

~50%

Mar

~50%

Apr

~40%

May

~40%

Jun

~40%

Jul

~40%

Aug

~40%

Sep

~50%

Oct

~50%

Nov

~50%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Great Tits and Allies

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities In captivity: 6 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
2	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
3	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 20	~80%
	Cinereous Tit			~80%
4	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
5	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
6	Horton Plains National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
7	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
8	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
9	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
10	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
11	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
12	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
13	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
14	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2 of 20	~60%
	Green-backed Tit			~50%
	Taiwan Yellow Tit			~20%
15	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
16	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
17	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2 of 20	~60%
	Yellow-cheeked Tit			~40%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
18	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
19	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	~60%
	Cinereous Tit			~60%
20	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~50%
	Great Tit			~50%
21	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~50%
	Great Tit			~50%
22	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 20	~50%
	Great Tit			~50%
23	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~50%
	Great Tit			~50%
24	Langtang National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	2 of 20	~50%
	Green-backed Tit			~50%
	Himalayan Black-lored Tit			<5%
25	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 20	~50%
	Cinereous Tit			~50%
26	Gir National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	~50%
	Cinereous Tit			~50%
27	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~40%
	Cinereous Tit			~40%
	Himalayan Black-lored Tit			~10%
28	uMkhuze Game Reserve	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	~40%
	Southern Black Tit			~40%
29	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 20	~40%
	Great Tit			~40%
30	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~40%
	Cinereous Tit			~40%
	Indian Yellow Tit			~10%
31	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 20	~40%
	Great Tit			~40%
32	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~40%
	Great Tit			~40%
33	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3 of 20	~40%
	Dusky Tit			~20%
	Stripe-breasted Tit			~20%
	White-winged Black Tit			<5%
34	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 20	~40%
	Great Tit			~40%
35	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	2 of 20	~40%
	Green-backed Tit			~30%
	Cinereous Tit			~10%
36	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~40%
	Cinereous Tit			~30%
	Indian Yellow Tit			~10%
37	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~40%
	Great Tit			~40%
38	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	3 of 20	~40%
	Cinereous Tit			~40%
	Green-backed Tit			<5%
	Himalayan Black-lored Tit			<5%
39	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 20	~40%
	White-bellied Tit			~30%
	Red-throated Tit			~10%
40	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~30%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
	Indian Yellow Tit			~20%
41	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~30%
	Great Tit			~30%
42	Mudumalai National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~30%
	Cinereous Tit			~30%
	Indian Yellow Tit			<5%
43	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 20	~30%
	White-bellied Tit			~30%
44	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	4 of 20	~30%
	Southern Black Tit			~20%
	White-winged Black Tit			<5%
	Rufous-bellied Tit			<5%
	Miombo Tit			<5%
45	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~30%
	Great Tit			~30%
46	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~30%
	Great Tit			~30%
47	Hemis National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	~30%
	Cinereous Tit			~30%
48	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	~30%
	Southern Black Tit			~30%
49	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2 of 20	~30%
	Carp's Tit			~20%
	Ashy Tit			~10%
50	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	1 of 20	~30%
	Southern Black Tit			~30%
51	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~30%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
	Indian Yellow Tit			<5%
52	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	3 of 20	~30%
	Green-backed Tit			~20%
	Yellow-cheeked Tit			~10%
	Cinereous Tit			<5%
53	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~30%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
	Indian Yellow Tit			<5%
54	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 20	~20%
	White-winged Black Tit			~20%
	White-shouldered Black Tit			<5%
55	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2 of 20	~20%
	Stripe-breasted Tit			~20%
	Dusky Tit			~10%
56	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 20	~20%
	Rufous-bellied Tit			~20%
57	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	~20%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
58	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~20%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
	Indian Yellow Tit			<5%
59	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	~20%
	Southern Black Tit			~20%
60	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 20	~20%
	Southern Black Tit			~20%
61	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 20	~20%
	Acacia Tit			~20%
	White-bellied Tit			<5%
62	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 20	~20%
	Cinereous Tit			~20%
63	Eravikulam National Park	🇮🇳 India	2 of 20	~20%
	Indian Yellow Tit			~10%
	Cinereous Tit			~10%
64	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1 of 20	~20%
	White-bellied Tit			~20%
65	Odzala-Kokoua National Park	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	1 of 20	~20%
	Dusky Tit			~20%
66	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 20	~20%
	Southern Black Tit			~20%
67	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~20%
	Great Tit			~20%
68	West Coast National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	~10%
	Grey Tit			~10%
69	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 20	~10%
	Red-throated Tit			~10%
	White-bellied Tit			<5%
70	Manas National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	~10%
	Cinereous Tit			~10%
71	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1 of 20	~10%
	White-winged Black Tit			~10%
72	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	~10%
	Cinereous Tit			~10%
73	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 20	~10%
	Acacia Tit			~10%
74	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1 of 20	~10%
	Dusky Tit			~10%
75	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	~10%
	Ashy Tit			~10%
76	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 20	~10%
	White-bellied Tit			~10%
77	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1 of 20	~10%
	Ashy Tit			~10%
78	Komodo National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 20	~10%
	Cinereous Tit			~10%
79	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	1 of 20	~10%
	Southern Black Tit			~10%
80	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 20	~10%
	Cinereous Tit			~10%
81	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 20	~10%
	Southern Black Tit			~10%
	Ashy Tit			<5%
82	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 20	~10%
	Red-throated Tit			~10%
83	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2 of 20	~10%
	Ashy Tit			<5%
	Carp's Tit			<5%
84	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 20	<5%
	White-shouldered Black Tit			<5%
	White-winged Black Tit			<5%
85	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 20	<5%
	Southern Black Tit			<5%
86	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 20	<5%
	Cinereous Tit			<5%
87	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	1 of 20	<5%
	Southern Black Tit			<5%
88	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1 of 20	<5%
	Southern Black Tit			<5%
89	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 20	<5%
	White-bellied Tit			<5%
	Red-throated Tit			<5%
90	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	1 of 20	<5%
	Stripe-breasted Tit			<5%
91	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1 of 20	<5%
	Stripe-breasted Tit			<5%
92	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 20	<5%
	Cinereous Tit			<5%
93	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	<5%
	Southern Black Tit			<5%
94	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 20	<5%
	Southern Black Tit			<5%
95	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 20	<5%
	Cinereous Tit			<5%
96	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 20	<5%
	White-bellied Tit			<5%
97	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 20	<5%
	Cinereous Tit			<5%
98	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1 of 20	<5%
	Southern Black Tit			<5%
99	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 20	<5%
	Acacia Tit			<5%
100	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 20	<5%
	Red-throated Tit			<5%
101	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 20	<5%
	White-bellied Tit			<5%
	Red-throated Tit			<5%
102	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 20	<5%
	Red-throated Tit			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Bishkek	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	1 of 20	>90%
	Great Tit			>90%
2	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 20	>90%
	Great Tit			>90%
3	Yekaterinburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
4	Almaty	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
5	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
6	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
7	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
8	Jerusalem	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
9	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
10	Guiyang	🇨🇳 China	2 of 20	~90%
	Cinereous Tit			~80%
	Green-backed Tit			~60%
11	Sapporo	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 20	~90%
	Cinereous Tit			~90%
12	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
13	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
14	Ramallah	🇵🇸 Palestine	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
15	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
16	Mashhad	🇮🇷 Iran	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
17	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
18	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
19	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
20	Seoul	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 20	~90%
	Cinereous Tit			~90%
21	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
22	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~90%
	Great Tit			~90%
23	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
24	Sendai	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 20	~80%
	Cinereous Tit			~80%
25	Gwangju	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 20	~80%
	Cinereous Tit			~80%
26	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
27	Ankara	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
28	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
29	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
30	Tehran	🇮🇷 Iran	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
31	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
32	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
33	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
34	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
35	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
36	Ulaanbaatar	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
37	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
38	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
39	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	1 of 20	~80%
	Great Tit			~80%
40	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
41	Ürümqi	🇨🇳 China	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
42	Nanjing	🇨🇳 China	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
43	Karaj	🇮🇷 Iran	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
44	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
45	Suzhou	🇨🇳 China	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
46	Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
47	Changsha	🇨🇳 China	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
48	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
49	Tashkent	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
50	Fukuoka	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
51	Daejeon	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 20	~70%
	Cinereous Tit			~70%
52	Yerevan	🇦🇲 Armenia	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
53	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
54	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	1 of 20	~70%
	Great Tit			~70%
55	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
56	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 20	~60%
	Great Tit			~60%
57	Hong Kong	🇨🇳 China	2 of 20	~60%
	Cinereous Tit			~60%
	Yellow-cheeked Tit			<5%
58	Xining	🇨🇳 China	1 of 20	~60%
	Cinereous Tit			~60%
59	Shanghai	🇨🇳 China	2 of 20	~60%
	Cinereous Tit			~60%
	Yellow-cheeked Tit			<5%
60	Jinhua	🇨🇳 China	1 of 20	~60%
	Cinereous Tit			~60%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
2	Ueno Zoological Gardens (West Garden)	🇯🇵 Japan	In captivity
3	Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens	🇨🇳 China	In captivity
4	Edward Youde Aviary	🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China	In captivity
5	Ogród Zoologiczny w Katowicach	🇵🇱 Poland	In captivity
6	Remstecken	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity

Challenges

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Great Tits and Allies

Species in this group

Great Tit

Cinereous Tit

Green-backed Tit

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Southern Black Tit

White-bellied Tit

Carp's Tit

Rufous-bellied Tit

White-winged Black Tit

Dusky Tit

Taiwan Yellow Tit

Stripe-breasted Tit

Acacia Tit

Indian Yellow Tit

Grey Tit

Red-throated Tit

Ashy Tit

Himalayan Black-lored Tit

White-shouldered Black Tit

Miombo Tit

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Great Tits and Allies

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found

Challenges