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Rufous-vented tit
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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Periparus
Species:
rubidiventris
Wystepowanie i podgatunki Periparus rubidiventris.jpg
Global range
Blue = rubidiventris
Yellow = beavani
Red = whistleri
Green = saramatii
Synonyms
  • Parus rubidiventris Blyth, 1847
  • Parus rufonuchalis beavani (Jerdon, 1863)

The rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris) is an Asian songbird species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). Some of its subspecies were formerly assigned to its western relative the rufous-naped tit (P. rufonuchalis), or these two were considered entirely conspecific.

Taxonomy

The tit was formerly placed in the genus Parus. The four subspecies are:

  • Periparus rubidiventris rubidiventris – S rim of Himalayas from NW to NE India and N Nepal.
  • Periparus rubidiventris beavani (Jerdon, 1863) – Beavan's rufous-vented tit – S rim of Himalayas in NE India and Bhutan.
  • Periparus rubidiventris whistleri – SE rim of Himalayas in SW China and adjacent N Myanmar and extreme NE India. Sometimes included in beavani.
  • Periparus rubidiventris saramatii – Very localised in NW Myanmar.

Distribution and habitat

Rufous-vented Tit Lungthu Pangolakha WLS East Sikkim India 18.10.2015
From Lungthu, Pangolakha WLS in East Sikkim, India.

This tit is a native of the western Himalayas, but has a very large range, occurring in parts of Bhutan, China, Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Nepal. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests. In Bhutan for example, P. r. beavani is a rather common all-year resident in moist Bhutan fir (Abies densa) forests, between approximately 3,000 and 4,000 meters ASL. Widespread and by no means rare, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

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