Grey-crested tit
Lophophanes dichrous (Blyth, 1845)
The grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous) is a species in the family Paridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 12.3 g to 13.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the grey-crested tit
- Weight
- 12.3 g – 13.8 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
- 4.5src 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
Photos of the grey-crested tit
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Where does the grey-crested tit live?
Not recorded
What is the grey-crested tit?
The grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
It is found in the Himalayan foothills and southern-central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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Is the grey-crested tit endangered?
The grey-crested 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. What the categories mean.
How is the grey-crested tit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParidae
- genusLophophanes
- SpeciesLophophanes dichrous (Blyth, 1845)
Synonyms Parus dichrous
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Gray-crested titEnglish
- Grey crested titEnglish
- Grey crested titEnglish
- Grey crested titEnglish
- قرقف رمادي ذو عرفArabic
- mallerenga emplomallada asiàticaCatalan
- sýkora šedohřbetáCzech
- Titw llwydgribogWelsh
- Gråstrubet TopmejseDanish
- BirkenmeiseGerman
- BraunhaubenmeiseGerman
- GrauhaubenmeiseGerman
- griza tufparuoEsperanto
- Herrerillo crestigrísSpanish
- hall-tutttihaneEstonian
- harmaatöyhtötiainenFinnish
- Mésange des bouleauxFrench
- sivokruna sjenicaCroatian
- barnakontyos cinegeHungarian
- Cincia crestagrigiaItalian
- Cincia dal ciuffo brunaItalian
- ハイイロカンムリガラJapanese
- pilkoji kuoduotoji zylėLithuanian
- pelēkcekula zīlīteLatvian
- फुस्रोजुरे चिचिल्कोटेNepali
- GrijskuifmeesDutch
- himalayameisNorwegian
- czubatka szaropióraPolish
- chapim-de-poupa-cinzentaPortuguese
- chapim-de-crista-cinzentaPortuguese
- Серохохлая синицаRussian
- sýkorka sivochochlatáSlovak
- Sivoćuba senicaSerbian
- grå tofsmesSwedish
- Gri Tepeli BaştankaraTurkish
- синиця сірочубаUkrainian
- 灰冠山雀Chinese
- 褐冠山雀Chinese
Relatives of the grey-crested tit
Other species in the same genus Lophophanes.
Crested tit
Lophophanes cristatus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the grey-crested tit?
An adult grey-crested tit weighs 12.3 g – 13.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the grey-crested tit endangered?
The grey-crested 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 grey-crested tit?
The grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous) 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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