About Fire Capped Tit
- It is a small bird species assigned to the family Paridae.
- Migration pattern: It is a Himalayan bird which flies down south towards Western Ghats and Kerala around Sept, and is back around Feb-end and March.
- Habitat: Inhabits forest feeding on invertebrates, nectar and pollen, usually high in canopy but will descend to low growth.
- It is found in montane broadleaf forest at middle to high elevations, sometimes mixed in with other species.
- These birds breed in the Himalayas during summer and have a melodious song.
- Distribution:
- A local breeding summer visitor to northern mountains from Pakistan east to Arunachal Pradesh.
- Winters in foothills and rarely in plains south to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
- Conservation status
- IUCN: Least Concern
Why early reverse migration?
- The winters were not very harsh in central India. So, the bird could have started moving early.
Q1) What is migration?
The movement of a person or people from one country, locality, place of residence to settle in another place. Migration is, first and foremost a normal human activity.
Source: Birds reverse-migrate to city, watchers see end of winter
Last updated on June, 2026
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