#1419 · 🐦 birds

Asian Tit

🇳🇱 Grijze Koolmees ·Parus cinereus

🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © patricktai · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
3. © John Clough · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
5. © Christian Artuso · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Uday Agashe · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Harbor City, Los Angeles, CA, USA:© guyincognito · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pat Heung Road, Hong Kong:© Sunnetchan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Ayase, Kanagawa, JP:© gg_copen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Katsuse, Ebina, Kanagawa, JP:© gg_copen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The cinereous tit ( Parus cinereus ) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. This species is made up of several populations that were earlier treated as subspecies of the great tit ( Parus major ). These birds are grey backed with white undersides. The great tit in the new sense is distinguishable by the greenish-back and yellowish underside. The distribution of this species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,237iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
22,237 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818 (208 years ago).