Varied tit
Sittiparus varius (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
The varied tit (Sittiparus varius) is a species in the family Paridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17 g to 17 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the varied tit
- Weight
- 17 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- insect, peanutsrc for Main food
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 7.2src 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 varied tit live?
Not recorded
What is the varied tit?
The varied tit (Sittiparus varius) is a perching bird from the tit family, Paridae. It occurs in the eastern Palearctic in Japan, Korea, and locally in northeastern China (southern Liaoning) and extreme southeastern Russia (southern Kurile Islands).
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Is the varied tit endangered?
The varied 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 varied tit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParidae
- genusSittiparus
- SpeciesSittiparus varius (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
Synonyms Cyanistes varius, Parus varius, Poecile varius
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- mallerenga variableCatalan
- sýkora proměnliváCzech
- Broget MejseDanish
- BuntmeiseGerman
- Bunta paruoEsperanto
- varia paruoEsperanto
- Carbonero variadoSpanish
- õnnetihaneEstonian
- چرخریسک پیسهPersian
- kirjotiainenFinnish
- Mésange variéeFrench
- kestenjasta sjenicaCroatian
- tarka cinegeHungarian
- Cincia variaItalian
- ヤマガラJapanese
- ヤマガラ、山雀Japanese
- 山雀Japanese
- 곤줄박이Korean
- margoji zylėLithuanian
- raibā zīlīteLatvian
- Bonte MeesDutch
- rødmeisNorwegian
- sikora rdzawaPolish
- chapim-variadoPortuguese
- Тиссовая синицаRussian
- sýkorka hrdzaváSlovak
- шарена сеницаSerbian
- Šarena senicaSerbian
- samurajmesSwedish
- Değişken Renkli BaştankaraTurkish
- гаїчка японськаUkrainian
- 杂色山雀Chinese
- 赤腹山雀Chinese
- 雜色山雀Chinese
Relatives of the varied tit
Other species in the same genus Sittiparus.
White-fronted tit
Sittiparus semilarvatus
Chestnut-bellied tit
Sittiparus castaneoventris
Owston's tit
Sittiparus owstoni
Iriomote tit
Sittiparus olivaceus
CompareVaried tit vs White-fronted titVaried tit vs Chestnut-bellied titVaried tit vs Owston's titVaried tit vs Iriomote tit
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the varied tit?
An adult varied tit weighs 17 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the varied tit endangered?
The varied tit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What does the varied tit eat?
Its recorded main food is insect and peanut.
What kind of animal is the varied tit?
The varied tit (Sittiparus varius) 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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