Rusty-breasted Tit

Taxobox
name = Rusty-breasted Tit


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paridae
genus = "Poecile"
species = "P. davidi"
binomial = "Poecile davidi"
binomial_authority = Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
synonyms = "Parus davidi"

The Rusty-breasted Tit or Père David's Tit ("Poecile davidi", formerly "Parus davidi") is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae.It is endemic to west-central China in southern Gansu, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

It is 12–13 cm long with a weight of 10–12.5 g, and is similar to the related Sombre Tit "P. lugubris" in appearance, with a black head with white cheeks, dark grey-brown back, wings and tail, and rusty brown underparts.

Its natural breeding habitat is subalpine forests at 2,135–3,400 m altitude, mostly resident but higher altitude birds descending a little in winter to below 3,050 m.

References

*BirdLife International (2004). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52085/all "Parus davidi"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] . Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
*del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Christie D. (eds). (2007). "Handbook of the Birds of the World". Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422