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Pere David's Tit
Poecile davidi Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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 12–13 centimetres (4.7–5.1 in) long with a weight of 10–12.5 grams (0.35–0.44 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 3,050 metres (10,010 ft).
Wikipedia contributors, Père David's tit; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:07:06.967849+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Poecile davidi Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
- Name authority
- Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
- Common name
- Pere David's Tit
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- Genus
- Poecile
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParidae Vigors, 1825
- genusPoecile Kaup, 1829
- speciesPoecile davidi Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Poecile. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus (J. R. Forster, 1772) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Willow TitPoecile montanus (Conrad von Baldenstein, 1827) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus (Boddaert, 1783) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli (Ridgway, 1886) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bibbed TitPoecile hypermelaenus Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891 | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sombre TitPoecile lugubris (Temminck, 1820) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marsh TitPoecile palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican ChickadeePoecile sclateri (Kleinschmidt, 1897) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed TitPoecile superciliosus Przevalski, 1876 | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sichuan TitPoecile weigoldicus (Kleinschmidt, 1921) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Parus davidi (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Berezovski, Mikhail Mikhailovich, & and Valentin Lvovich Bianchi. (1891). Aves Expeditionis Potanini per Provinciam Gan-Su et Confinia 1884-1887. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KSBZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.