Green-backed tit
Parus monticolus Vigors, 1831
The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species in the family Paridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14 g to 14.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the green-backed tit
- Weight
- 14 g – 14.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5.7src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the green-backed tit live?
Not recorded
What is the green-backed tit?
The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Its natural habitats are boreal forest, temperate forest, and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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Is the green-backed tit endangered?
The green-backed tit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the green-backed tit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParidae
- genusParus
- SpeciesParus monticolus Vigors, 1831
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- قرقف أخضر الظهرArabic
- Mallerenga dorsiverdaCatalan
- mallerenga de dorc verdósCatalan
- Mallerengua dosrsiverdaCatalan
- sýkora zelenohřbetáCzech
- titw cefnwyrddWelsh
- Grønrygget MusvitDanish
- BergkohlmeiseGerman
- MontarparuoEsperanto
- verdadorsa paruoEsperanto
- Carbonero dorsiverdeSpanish
- mägi-rasvatihaneEstonian
- vihertalitiainenFinnish
- Mésange montagnardeFrench
- zelenkastoleđa sjenicaCroatian
- hegyi széncinegeHungarian
- Cincia dorsoverdeItalian
- キバラシジュウカラJapanese
- 작은노랑배박새Korean
- žalsvanugarė zylėLithuanian
- zaļmugurzīlīteLatvian
- हरियो चिचिल्कोटेNepali
- BergkoolmeesDutch
- orientmeisNorwegian
- sikora zielonogrzbietaPolish
- chapim-de-dorso-verdePortuguese
- Зеленоспинная синицаRussian
- sýkorka vrchovskáSlovak
- Zelenoleđa senicaSerbian
- orienttalgoxeSwedish
- Yeşil Sırtlı BaştankaraTurkish
- синиця зеленоспиннаUkrainian
- Bạc má lưng xanhVietnamese
- 绿背山雀Chinese
- 青背山雀Chinese
- 青背山雀〔綠背山雀〕Chinese
Relatives of the green-backed 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 green-backed tit?
An adult green-backed tit weighs 14 g – 14.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the green-backed tit endangered?
The green-backed tit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the green-backed tit?
The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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