Afghanistan (B) (NB), China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan.
Southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, south-western China (western Xinjiang), north-western and eastern Afghanistan, western and northern Pakistan and eastern in Himalayas to west-central Nepal (Kali Gandaki gorge).
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).
Rufous-naped Tit (Periparus rufonuchalis) [XC747753]
by Sandip das from Ala Archa NP, Chuy Province, Kyrgyzstan (call)
Rufous-naped Tit (Periparus rufonuchalis) [XC482073]
by Andrew Spencer from road from ski lift to Beldersoy Hotel, Chimgan Hills, Uzbekistan (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Occasionally considered conspecific with Rufous-vented Tit (Periparus rubidiventris). Birds from Afghanistan east to northern Pakistan (Gilgit) have been proposed as warranting racial separation (as blanchardi), but differences from populations elsewhere appear inconstant.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet