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Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolus · Family Paridae
Parus monticolus
Family Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 142,327
- Countries and territories with records
- 12

About this species
This species has 142,327 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (40.5%), Taiwan (38.8%), China (6.9%), Bhutan (6.7%) and Nepal (4.6%); together they account for 97.6% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.094% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Parus monticolus combines the genus name Parus with the species epithet monticolus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Parus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Parus major and Parus cinereus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 61 species of the family Paridae. This species ranks 18th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Poecile atricapillus. Its record count is 10.9% of the family average (1,310,770). The family Paridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.