Himalayan Black-lored Tit

Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys is very closely related to Yellow-cheeked Tit M. spilonotus. In China recorded only on Nepalese border with Tibet around Zhangmu (Shigatse Prefecture). Distinguished from Yellow-cheeked Tit by black lores and forehead, broader black stripe behind eye, more uniformly greenish upperparts, and brighter yellow underparts. — Craig Brelsford

THE TITS AND CHICKADEES OF CHINA

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Varied Tit
Varied Tit

Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
Rufous-vented Tit P. rubidiventris
Coal Tit P. ater
Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus
Grey Crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
Pere David’s Tit P. davidi
Black-bibbed Tit P. hypermelaenus
Marsh Tit P. palustris
Sichuan Tit P. weigoldicus
Willow Tit P. montanus
Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
Great Tit Parus major
Japanese Tit P. minor
Cinereous Tit P. cinereus
Green-backed Tit P. monticolus
Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
Yellow-cheeked Tit M. spilonotus

See also these Taiwan endemics:

Chestnut-bellied Tit Sittiparus castaneoventris
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Daniel Bengtsson served as chief ornithological consultant for Craig Brelsford’s Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of China, from which this species description is drawn.

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