Habitat
The Fire-capped Tit occurs in forests, woodlands and regions with solitary trees. It prefers temperate rainforests and mixed deciduous forests with oak, hazel, elm and walnut, just below the conifer belt. At higher altitudes it frequents clusters of cherry and scattered willows. In Kashmir and Ladakh it nests in shrubs at high altitude. In China it is reported in spruce, fir and rhododendron. In Thailand, it stays in deciduous hillside forests. Nesting occurs at different altitudes depending on the region. In Pakistan, the Fire-capped Tit nests between 1800 and 2600 meters, in the north-west of India from 1800 to 3500 meters, and in Nepal from 2135 to 3000 meters. Western populations winter in the plains of North-Central India. Populations of the eastern Himalayas spend the period from November to May in southern Sikkim, between 300 and 1400 meters. In the far east of the breeding range, seasonal migration is less pronounced, and in Sichuan and Burma the birds remain during the winter at relatively high altitudes, around 1800 m. During the winter it is also found in evergreen broad-leaved forest in Thailand.
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