Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-cheeked Tit, Black-spotted Yellow Tit, Chinese Yellow Tit (rex)

Family
Paridae (Tits And Chickadees)

Size
13.50 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, temperate forest, rural gardens, plantation. From 350 - 3,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (85)...)

Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus) [XC464067]
by Teus Luijendijk from Ang Ka Summit Trail, Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand (song)

Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus) [XC720430]
by Geoff Carey from Pak Sha O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys), and has in the past been considered conspecific. Subspecies intergrade widely.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

spilonotus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Eastern Himalayas from eastern Nepal east to north-eastern India (including northern Assam), northern and western Myanmar and south-western China (southern Xizang).
subviridis (Blyth, 1855) - North-eastern India (southern Assam south to Manipur), Myanmar (except north, western and central), northern Thailand and southern China (western Yunnan).
rex (David, 1874) - Southern and south-eastern China (southern Sichuan and southern and eastern Yunnan east to Fujian and southern Zhejiang), northern Laos and north-western Vietnam.
basileus Delacour, 1932 - Southern Laos and south-central Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) - 10 files

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