Fire-Capped Tit:
Birders have spotted the trail of species flying back home including the fire-capped tit in the Aravalli hill region suggesting reverse migration as the season changes from winter to summer
- Fire Capped Tit is a small bird species assigned to the family Paridae.
- It is a Himalayan bird which flies down south towards Western Ghats and Kerala around Sept, and is back around Feb-end and March.
- Inhabits forest feeding on invertebrates, nectar and pollen, usually high in the canopy but will descend to low growth.
- It is found in montane broadleaf forests at middle to high elevations, sometimes mixed in with other species.
- These birds breed in the Himalayas during summer and have a melodious song.
- 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
