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
| 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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Category:Birds of Central China
Category:Endemic birds of China
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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