A Flying Ball Of Fluffy Cotton Wool Wearing A Strategically Placed, Stylishly Striking, Vivid Yellow Cravat – Meet The Yellow-breasted Tit!
A striking mixture of white and black combined with a vivid yellow make this agile occasional garden visitor pop.
Meet the Yellow-breasted Tit
The yellow-breasted tit (Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus), is a bird in the Paridae family and is in fact a subspecies of the widespread Azure Tit. They have a pale-grey head and throat. There is a black eye-stripe bordered from behind a black band. Back and shoulders are bluish-grey. Their breast area is a vivid yellow, their belly white with a black stripe in the middle.
The legs and bill of this bird are a dark-horn color.
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Juvenile members of this species have brownish yellow-tinged upperparts, while all underparts (including the throat) are yellow.
This species is restricted to southern Central Asia and an isolated population exists in north-central China.
Yellow-bellied tits like to inhabit deciduous forests, groves, gardens, riparian forests, and man-made forests at altitudes between 1200-1800 meters.
This species has a very mixed diet consisting of a wide variety of seeds and insects.
During the breeding season, Yellow-bellied Tits build a nest in tree hollows, cliff cracks, building cavities, and other holes they might find. They build their nest with moss and shrub fibers, lining it with hair. Only the female builds the nest, usually starting the process in mid-April, laying a clutch of 5 – 10 eggs in early May through to June. She goes on to incubate them for 13 -16 with the male occasionally supplying her with food. Both parents will go on to feed the young who become fledged in 18 – 21 days.
The Yellow-bellied Tit is rare in some areas, and quite common where it is a resident breeder. There is not a lot of information on this bird’s current population.
Watch a short video of these birds in a caged environment right here below:
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A Perfectly Dilineated Patch Of Lemon-yellow Stands Out Vividly Against A Suit Of Passionate Purple To Turquoise Blue!
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