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Yellow-cheeked tit

Machlolophus spilonotus (Bonaparte, 1850)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species in the family Paridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.8 g to 20 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
Photo: Dibyendu Ash · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-cheeked tit

Weight
18.8 g – 20 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
4.9src 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 yellow-cheeked tit

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Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the yellow-cheeked tit live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-cheeked tit?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its range extends across the eastern Himalayas, southern China and Indochina.

The yellow-cheeked tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Machlolophus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-cheeked tit” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-cheeked_tit&oldid=1363698116), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-cheeked tit endangered?

The yellow-cheeked tit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 yellow-cheeked tit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParidae
  6. genusMachlolophus
  7. SpeciesMachlolophus spilonotus (Bonaparte, 1850)

Synonyms Maclolophus spilonotus, Parus spilonotus

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • mallerenga de la XinaCatalan
  • sýkora žlutolícíCzech
  • Titw melyn TsieinaWelsh
  • Gulkindet KongemejseDanish
  • KönigsmeiseGerman
  • Flavvanga paruoEsperanto
  • flavavanga paruoEsperanto
  • Carbonero carigualdo chinoSpanish
  • kuldpõsk-tihaneEstonian
  • harjatiainenFinnish
  • Mésange à dos tachetéFrench
  • રામચકલી-પીળી ચોટલીGujarati
  • žutolica sjenicaCroatian
  • királycinegeHungarian
  • Cincia guancegialleItalian
  • Cincia gialla cineseItalian
  • セボシカンムリガラJapanese
  • geltonskruostė zylėLithuanian
  • dzeltenvaigu zīlīteLatvian
  • പച്ചമരപ്പൊട്ടൻMalayalam
  • पीतमुहार चिचिल्कोटेNepali
  • GeelwangmeesDutch
  • gulkinnmeisNorwegian
  • sikora żółtolicaPolish
  • chapim-de-faces-amarelasPortuguese
  • Королевская синицаRussian
  • sýkorka kráľovskáSlovak
  • Žutolika senicaSerbian
  • östlig gyllenmesSwedish
  • மஞ்சள் கன்னச் சிட்டுTamil
  • นกติ๊ดแก้มเหลืองThai
  • Çin Altın Yüzlü BaştankarasıTurkish
  • синиця королівськаUkrainian
  • Bạc má màoVietnamese
  • 黃頰山雀Chinese
  • 黄颊山雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-cheeked tit

Other species in the same genus Machlolophus.

LC, Least Concern
Yellow tit (Machlolophus holsti)

Yellow tit

Machlolophus holsti

Paridae

Indian tit

Machlolophus aplonotus

ParidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-cheeked tit?

An adult yellow-cheeked tit weighs 18.8 g – 20 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-cheeked tit endangered?

The yellow-cheeked 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 yellow-cheeked tit?

The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) belongs to the family Paridae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_cheeked_tit_2026,
  title = {Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-cheeked-tit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}