Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea)

Family
Paridae (Tits And Chickadees)

Size
19 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also heavily degraded former forest, arable land, moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in small groups. Forage in mid and upper canopy.

Food
Mainly insects but also figs.

Voice
Whistling notes, short, repated and variable.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (87)...)

Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea) [XC685178]
by Brian Cox from Lay Shi (near Tigun), Hkamti, Sagaing Region, Myanmar (call)

Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea) [XC771626]
by Nick Athanas from Base of Old road to Fraser's Hill. The Gap, Pahang, Malaysia (call)

Nest
A lined cavity in a tree.

Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Possibly closest to Sylviparus. With exception of isolated subspecies gayeti, subspecies intergrade widely.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

sultanea (Hodgson, 1837) - Eastern Himalayas from central Nepal to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh south to Manipur and Mizoram), Myanmar, northern Thailand and southern China (western and southern Yunnan).
flavocristata (Lafresnaye, 1837) - Central and southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula and south-eastern China (Hainan I); possibly also Sumatra.
seorsa Bangs, 1924 - Northern Indochina (south to central Laos) and south-eastern China (Guangxi, Fujian).
gayeti Delacour & Jabouille, 1925 - South-central Vietnam (central Annam).

References
See References.

Files:

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