List of Birds of China - Chickadees and Titmice

Chickadees and Titmice

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. There are species 59 worldwide and 21 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of tits of any country on earth.

  • Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
  • Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaena
  • Willow Tit Poecile montana
  • Songar Tit Poecile songara
  • White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosa (E)
  • Pere David's Tit Poecile davidi (E)
  • Coal Tit Periparus ater
  • Black-breasted Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
  • Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
  • Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus (E)
  • Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
  • Great Tit Parus major
  • Turkestan Tit Parus bokharensis
  • Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
  • Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus
  • Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
  • Yellow-breasted Tit Cyanistes flavipectus
  • Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
  • Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
  • Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
  • Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis

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