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Asian tit

Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818

Status not recordedsongbirds

The Asian tit (Parus cinereus) is a species in the family Paridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17.9 g to 19.1 g and live up to 15.2 years.

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Quick facts about the Asian tit

Weight
17.9 g – 19.1 g
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
15.2 years
Longest recorded lifespan
15.4 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
13.5 days
Young per litter or clutch
8.6
Age at maturity
12 months
Litters or clutches a year
1.5
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Asian tit live?

Not recorded

Is the Asian tit endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Asian tit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParidae
  6. genusParus
  7. SpeciesParus cinereus Vieillot, 1818

Synonyms Parus albiginea, Parus atriceps

Other names and names in other languages (69)
  • Cinereous titEnglish
  • Cinerous titEnglish
  • Eastern great titEnglish
  • Japanese titEnglish
  • Oriental titEnglish
  • Southern great titEnglish
  • قرقف آسيويArabic
  • Mallerenga funestaCatalan
  • sýkora popelaváCzech
  • Grå MusvitDanish
  • GraukohlmeiseGerman
  • griza paruoEsperanto
  • Carbonero ChinoSpanish
  • Ida-rasvatihaneEstonian
  • چرخ ریسک بزرگ شرقیPersian
  • tuhkatalitiainenFinnish
  • Mésange d'AsieFrench
  • ירגזי אפרפרHebrew
  • Japán széncinegeHungarian
  • Gelatuk-batu kelabuIndonesian
  • Cincia cenerinaItalian
  • シジュウカラJapanese
  • ಚೇಕಡಿKannada
  • 박새Korean
  • ചാരമരപ്പൊട്ടൻMalayalam
  • OrientkjøttmeisNorwegian Bokmål
  • Grijze KoolmeesDutch
  • gråkjøttmeisNorwegian
  • bogatka wschodniaPolish
  • chapim-cinéreoPortuguese
  • Серая синицаRussian
  • sýkorka šediváSlovak
  • азијска сеницаSerbian
  • grå talgoxeSwedish
  • பெரிய பட்டாணி குருவிTamil
  • นกติ๊ดหลังเทาThai
  • Hindistan BaştankarasıTurkish
  • синиця південноазійськаUkrainian
  • Bạc máVietnamese
  • 大山雀Chinese
  • Lille MusvitDanish
  • Aschgraue KohlmeiseGerman
  • JapankohlmeiseGerman
  • Kleine KohlmeiseGerman
  • Cindra paruoEsperanto
  • Carbonero indioSpanish
  • lõuna-rasvatihaneEstonian
  • Mésange de ChineFrench
  • Mésange indienneFrench
  • jávai széncinegeHungarian
  • Gelatik BatuIndonesian
  • cincia cinerinaItalian
  • Cincia giapponeseItalian
  • クロシジュウカラJapanese
  • クロシジュウカラ kuroshijuukaraJapanese
  • Japanse KoolmeesDutch
  • bogatka orientalnaPolish
  • chapim-cinérioPortuguese
  • Восточная синицаRussian
  • Японская синицаRussian
  • Pepeljasta velika senicaSerbian
  • östlig talgoxeSwedish
  • นกติ๊ดหลังสีไพลThai
  • นกติ๊ดแก้มขาวThai
  • 白頰山雀Chinese
  • 白頰山雀〔南方大山雀〕Chinese
  • 苍背山雀Chinese
  • 蒼背山雀Chinese
  • 遠東山雀Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Asian tit

Other species in the same genus Parus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Asian tit?

An adult Asian tit weighs 17.9 g – 19.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the Asian tit live?

The Asian tit has a recorded lifespan of 15.2 years.

What kind of animal is the Asian tit?

The Asian tit (Parus cinereus) belongs to the family Paridae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Asian tit (Parus cinereus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-tit

MLA

“Asian tit (Parus cinereus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-tit.

BibTeX
@misc{asian_tit_2026,
  title = {Asian tit (Parus cinereus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-tit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}