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Yellow-browed Tit
Sylviparus modestus Burton, E, 1836
Paridae — Tits, Chickadees
Yellow-browed Tit, Sylviparus modestus, is a passerine of the Paridae that breeds from the Himalayas to south Vietnam in the Oriental Region. It was described by Burton in 1836 and is the only species in its genus. It is a small tit with a short bill, a short tail and strong legs. The plumage is greenish, with olive-green upperparts, a greyer forehead, yellow markings on the face and a dull olive-yellow throat and underparts. It inhabits mountain forests, especially moist lowland and montane forest, and is found in oak and mixed woodland, mossy forest, willow thickets and apricot orchards.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae — Tits, Chickadees
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Himalayas to sc Vietnam
