White-naped tit

White-winged Tit
Foraging in a toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica)
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paridae
Genus:	Parus
Species:	P. nuchalis
Binomial name
Parus nuchalis Jerdon, 1845

For the African bird with the same common name, see White-winged Black Tit.

The White-winged Tit Parus nuchalis, also known as the White-naped Tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to India.

This species underwent a rapid population decline in the recent past. Its small, severely fragmented population continues to decline, although at a reduced rate, as a result of the loss, degradation and fragmentation of its tropical thorn-scrub habitat. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable. Current RedDataBook Status is: Vulnerable A1c; C1; C2a

The species is distributed in scrub forest in the Kutch region of Gujarat in western India and also in small areas in southern India, especially in the Kaveri river valley. It uses old woodpeckers nest holes for nesting.

References

• Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is vulnerable
• BirdLife Species Factsheet
• Red Data Book Species Sighting Data