Père David's tit

{{Short description|Species of bird}}{{Expand language|langcode=pl|langcode2=he|date=December 2021|topic=sci}}{{speciesbox

| image = Poecile davidi 1891 1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Poecile davidi |volume=2016 |page=e.T22711745A94307729 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711745A94307729.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Poecile

| species = davidi

| authority = Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891

| synonyms = Parus davidi

| range_map = Poecile davidi distribution map.png

| range_map_caption = Range of Poecile davidi

}}

Père David's tit or the rusty-breasted tit (Poecile davidi) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to central China in southern Gansu, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi and Sichuan.

It is {{convert|12|–|13|cm|in}} long with a weight of {{convert|10|–|12.5|g|oz}}, and is similar to the related sombre tit (P. lugubris) in appearance, with a black head with white cheeks, dark grey-brown back, wings and tail, and rusty brown underparts.

Its natural breeding habitat is subalpine forests at 2,135–3,400 m altitude, mostly resident but higher altitude birds descending a little in winter to below {{convert|3,050|m|ft}}.

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  • {{cite book|last=Bangs|first=Outram|title=Birds of Western China Obtained by the Kelly-Roosevelts Expedition|publisher=Field Museum of Natural History|volume=XVIII|issue=11|pages=343–380 |series=Field Museum of Natural History Publication 314, Zoological Series|date=1932 |location=Chicago|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/3192}}
  • {{cite book|editor=del Hoyo, J.|editor2=Elliot, A.|editor3=Christie, D. |year=2007|title=Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees.|publisher=Lynx Edicions|isbn=9788496553422}}

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Père David's tit

Category:Birds of Central China

Category:Endemic birds of China

Père David's tit

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