Macaulay Library Photos for Black-throated Tit
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Dull underparts are washed buffish.
Juvenile has cap slightly paler than adult. The upperparts are duller and browner.
The upperparts are blue gray, with the rump tinged brownish ochre. The greater upperwing coverts and flight feathers are dark brown, with the remiges broadly fringed gray. The tail is blackish brown with gray edges to feathers, and the outer three pairs tipped white; the outermost with a white outer web.
The crown is cinnamon, with a slight rufous tinge. The lores and a band through (and above and below) eye to side of nape are black. The chin, submousÂtachial area, and sides of neck are white, with the throat black. There is a white band across lower throat, above a well-defined but fairly narrow cinnamon-rufous breastband (may be nearly broken in center). The flanks are rufous chestnut, with the remainder of the underparts whitish (pale pinkish-buff feather bases on belly and vent visible when plumage worn).
Crown more rufous-tinged cinnamon than nominate, a few white feather tips in superciliary area.
Breast and flanks slightly paler rufous cinnamon, also breastband somewhat broader and less well defined.
Similar to nominate but crown darker, some faint white flecks on rear side of crown, and breastband and flanks darker rufous chestnut.
Resembles A. c. manipurensis, but forehead and crown light drab brown, no white (or just a few faint white flecks) in superciliary region.
Center of lower breast and belly purer white.
Forehead cinnamon orange, becoming rufous on crown and nape, prominent white supercilium from above and behind eye to nape, black band from lores back through (and above and below) eye to sides of nape. Upperwing dark brown, remiges with broad gray fringes, wing coverts with dark gray/blue-gray fringes; tail blackish brown with gray feather edges, outer three pairs tipped white, outermost with white outer web.
Chin, submoustachial area, and sides of neck white with slight buffy tinge, throat black. Narrow band on upper breast pale buffy white, grading to rufous buff on breast.
Upperparts mostly dark bluish gray, rump with brownish-ochre tinge. Pinkish on flanks and side of vent.
Upperparts, upperwings and tail dark gray, remiges and wing-coverts with paler edgings, outermost pair of rectrices with white outer web.
Forehead pale dull gray, merging into slightly darker gray from center of crown to nape, vague white-flecked gray postocular band back to nape-sides; sides of face otherwise black, contrasting white submoustachial line and sides of neck; chin white, throat black.
White of neck-sides continues as narrow band across uppermost breast. Underparts are dirty whitish with medium-gray breastband and beige or light grayish-pink flanks.