Fire-capped Tit
A species of Fire-capped Tit Scientific name : Cephalopyrus flammiceps Genus : Fire-capped Tit
Fire-capped Tit, A species of Fire-capped Tit
Botanical name: Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Genus: Fire-capped Tit
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Description
The fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps) is a small, 10 cm (3.9 in) long, weighing about 7 g (0.25 oz) bird species assigned to the family Paridae, that breeds in the temperate forest bordering the Himalayas to the south, in the Hengduan Shan and Nujiang Shan on the Myanmar-China border, the Micah Shan and Daba Shan on the Northern Sichuan border. It winters down hill and further south. Further to the east, birds tend to be smaller and the plumage becomes gradually darker. 
Size
10 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Fire-capped Tit primarily consumes insects, complemented by leaves, flowers, buds, pollen, and sap. It employs its feet to grasp prey, which is then processed with its bill. Larger insects are gutted and the remnants discarded, unlike other tit species which dice their prey.
Habitat
Fire-capped Tit typically inhabits broadleaf mountain forests within temperate and subtropical zones, favoring oak, hazel, elm, and walnut woods below the alpine coniferous areas. It dwells in alpine scrub and mixed woodlands, including orchards and poplar trees during dispersal. Resident in the Western Himalayas, at elevations ranging from 1,800 to 3,000 meters, the species ascends up to 4,300 meters post-breeding. Fire-capped Tit's wintering habitats include parks and gardens with fruiting trees in Central India's plains and foothill forests for Eastern populations.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
The fire-capped tit is not shy. It is always active, giving little wing strokes like a warbler. It is reminiscent of the small tit Sylviparus modestus. During migration and in winter, it is usually found in small flocks, but groups of up to 100 may be seen. Most of the time, these groups, flying high above the bare hills, are monotypic, but they sometimes join mixed flocks when foraging. The flight is powerful like that of finches. It seeks its food higher up in large trees, but also sometimes in the bushes close to the ground. It is rather agile, adopting acrobatic positions, upside down, or sliding along vertical branches like parrots. This tit is able to open rolled-up leaves with its beak as starlings do, and hold it with its foot.
Distribution Area
C. f. flammiceps (E. Burton, 1836) - breeds from Northern Pakistan (Gilgit) and Kashmir in the west, to Western Nepal at the east end of its range. It occurs in North-Central India but does not breed there. C. f. olivaceus Rothschild, 1923 - breeds from Eastern Nepal in the west to Bhutan, North-Eastern India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkem), and southern China (South Ningxia, South-East Gansu, South Shaanxi, South and Central Sichuan, South-East Xizang, Yunnan and West Guizhou) in the east. It occurs in foothills, and also (rarely) in East Myanmar, North-West Thailand and North-West Laos, but does not breed there.
Photo By Rofikul Islam 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Penduline tits Genus
Fire-capped Tit Species
Fire-capped Tit 
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