Animalia Life
Cephalopyrus flammiceps
TAXONOMY
Cephalopyrus flammiceps Burton, 1836. Two subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Rйmiz tкte-de-feu; German: Flammenstirnchen; Spanish:
Baloncito de Capa en Llamas.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
4 in (100 mm); 0.25 oz (7 g). A small short-tailed tit. Sexes similar
out of breeding season, olive-green above and olive-yellow
below. Breeding male has distinctive orange red forecrown (the
“fire cap”), chin, and throat. Juveniles dull, but similar to adults.
DISTRIBUTION
Himalayas and parts of Western China. Northern India and
northern parts of southeast Asia outside breeding season.
HABITAT
Moist, temperate woodland and forest.
BEHAVIOR
Active and agile bird that forages in single species or mixed
flocks in the tree canopy.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Invertebrates plus flower and leaf buds.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nests April to June in holes in trees. Clutch of three to five
blue-green eggs; incubation and fledging periods not known.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. Scarce over much of its breeding and wintering
range.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known
Photo Gallery of - Fire-capped tit
