black crested tit
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 349 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..BLACK CREASTED TIT...[From a Photograph of PRANJAL J SAIKIA] ....WATERCOLOUR...A4...2014... The Black-crested Tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the Spot-winged Tit, is a bird in the Paridae family. It is now usually considered a subspecies of the Coal Tit. It is found in boreal forests and temperate forests in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, mainly in the Himalayas, ranging across Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is closely related and similar to the Coal Tit, and is sometimes considered to be conspecific. It interbreeds with that species in western Nepal. 11–12 cm; 7–9·8 g. Small to medium-sized slaty-grey tit with pointed black crest. Has forehead to crown (including crown side down to eye) . Calls frequently; many calls closely similar to those of P. ater, include thin “tsit”. Food consumed is not well known, but includes small invertebrates, larvae, seeds, and berries and other fruit.
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