South-western and central China (south-western Xinjiang and southern and eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau east to Ningxia and Gansu, south to southern and south-eastern Xizang, north-eastern Yunnan and western Sichuan), also south-eastern Ladakh, northern Nepal and Sikkim.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Ground Tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) [XC191413]
by Mike Nelson from Koko Nur, QingHai Lake, Qinghai province, China (call)
Ground Tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) [XC491503]
by Peter Boesman from Mountains near Chaka, Qinghai, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Until recently placed with the crows in family Corvidae, often in the ground-jay genus Podoces. Osteological, morphological and vocal characters, however, indicate that it belongs in present family, a treatment supported by mitochondrial DNA evidence. Eastern birds sometimes separated as subspecies saxicola.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet