Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolus
Tiny, bright and endlessly busy.
Seen atKunja
Opens recordings on xeno-canto, the open bird-sound archive.
What the hills call it
Ramgangra
/ raam·gan·graa /रामगंगरा
Green-backed Tit — Tiny, bright and endlessly busy.
Field notes
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae · Tits
- Genus
- Parus
- Length
- 12–13 cm
- Weight
- 13–18 g
- At Kunja
- Resident — here all year round
- Conservation
- Least Concern
How to know it
A small, busy tit — black head with white cheeks, a green back, yellow underparts and a black band down the breast. Always on the move.
What it eats
Insects and spiders gleaned from leaves and bark, with seeds and berries in the colder months.
Where & when to spot it
Flitting through the oaks and roadside trees, often in mixed feeding flocks, calling a thin, ringing note.
Nesting & mating
Nests in a tree-hole or wall cavity lined with moss and hair; four to six eggs in spring.
In the field
When we’ve seen it
Most often photographed in December, usually in the middle of the day. That makes winter a clear window to spot it around the homestay.
Spotting tip: head out in the middle of the day, walk slowly and stop often, and listen as much as you look — most of these birds call before they show themselves.
In the lens
Green-backed Tit, photographed at Kunja
Photographs by Manohar Negi · mnegi.com — tap any photo to view it full
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