Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

Pele La, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
March 2008

The Yellow-browed Tit is distributed along the Himalayas from Kashmir to northern Myanmar and patchily through southern and eastern China and Indochina.

It is found in various types of montane forest mainly at between 2,000 and 3,600 metres.

It looks a bit like a Phylloscopus leaf-warbler or a Regulus kinglet but is in fact a tit though it is the only member of the genus Sylviparus .

It has a short, stubby bill and dark grey legs. It has olive-green upperparts and shows a smallish crest. There is a thin yellowish eye-ring and the wings feathers are brown with olive-yellow edging. Underparts are dull olive-yellow.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information is available via Avibase.

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