Paridae

Includes bird-feeding species such as tits, chickadees and titmice.

Cinereous Tit

To be a successful insect-eater it helps to be acrobatic. A cinereous tit hangs upside down while raiding this spider's web.

Tit,To be a successful insect-eater it helps to be acrobatic. A cinereous tit hangs upside down while raiding this spider's web.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Photographed in the Audobon Center in the Olympic peninsula area.

Chickadee,Photographed in the Audobon Center in the Olympic peninsula area.

Grey-crested Tit

This was on our trek to Goecha La in Sikkim. The Grey-crested Tit was present at all the camps, and didn't seem to mind the presence of humans at all. Wasn't beyond scavenging from the waste we had left behind.

Tit,This was on our trek to Goecha La in Sikkim. The Grey-crested Tit was present at all the camps, and didn't seem to mind the presence of humans at all. Wasn't beyond scavenging from the waste we had left behind.

Tufted Titmouse

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Green-backed Tit

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Indian Yellow or Indian Black-lored Tit

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Great Tit

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Coal Tit

Seemed even more numerous than the Grey-crested Tit. Also, seemed to favour scavenging.

Tit,Seemed even more numerous than the Grey-crested Tit. Also, seemed to favour scavenging.

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Spotted this behind our campsite in Tshoka.

Tit,Spotted this behind our campsite in Tshoka.

Green-backed Tit

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