Rufous-naped Tit
Bird species name:
Rufous-naped Tit
Parus rufonuchalis (Blyth, 1849)
Rufous-naped Tit
Parus rufonuchalis (Blyth, 1849)
Author:
Bakhtiyor Mardonov
Bakhtiyor Mardonov
Location (region):
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Description:
Male Black-breasted Tit has glossy-black upper-head, throat, craw, breast and fore-belly. Extended crown-feathers formed well expressed crest. Cheeks and neck-flanks are clear white. Mantle is grey slightly rusty tinged. On rear-neck between black crown and fore-mantle there is large white patch with washed rusty border. Rear-belly is ashy-grey. Flight and tail feathers are brownish-grey. Axillaries and undertail coverts are rusty. Bill is black, legs are leaden-grey or blackish. Females are dimmer than males; its black color is without gloss; black on underparts is less than in male ones; all belly is dark-grey. Juveniles head, throat and craw are blackish-brown. Rusty on rear-neck is lack. Axillaries is slightly buff tinged, undertail coverts are same color on belly; cheeks are not bright-white but yellowish-green tinged. Sizes: wing 65-75, tail 51-58, tarsus 18.2-21.0, bill 7-12 mm.
Male Black-breasted Tit has glossy-black upper-head, throat, craw, breast and fore-belly. Extended crown-feathers formed well expressed crest. Cheeks and neck-flanks are clear white. Mantle is grey slightly rusty tinged. On rear-neck between black crown and fore-mantle there is large white patch with washed rusty border. Rear-belly is ashy-grey. Flight and tail feathers are brownish-grey. Axillaries and undertail coverts are rusty. Bill is black, legs are leaden-grey or blackish. Females are dimmer than males; its black color is without gloss; black on underparts is less than in male ones; all belly is dark-grey. Juveniles head, throat and craw are blackish-brown. Rusty on rear-neck is lack. Axillaries is slightly buff tinged, undertail coverts are same color on belly; cheeks are not bright-white but yellowish-green tinged. Sizes: wing 65-75, tail 51-58, tarsus 18.2-21.0, bill 7-12 mm.