Parus cinereus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit sighting in Yala National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit in Yala National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Yala National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 340 mm in November.
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.
27th of 29
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Cinereous Tit sightings, Yala National Park ranks 27th at under 5%. The best odds are in Nikko National Park (Japan, about 80%), Horton Plains National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%) and Ranthambore National Park (India, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Tit that you can see in Yala National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Indian Robin (about 80%), White-browed Fantail (about 60%) and Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 60%), 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 Yala National Park (26 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.
