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Indian yellow tit

Machlolophus aplonotus

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals list
Indian yellow tit (Machlolophus aplonotus)

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Scientific name
Machlolophus aplonotus
Family
Paridae, order Passeriformes
Group
Bird

A yellow-and-black tit hunting in the canopy.

  • Spot it Yellow underparts, black crest and a wing-bar.
  • Home Dry forest.
  • Food web Eats caterpillars and insects.
  • Why it matters Protects trees by eating leaf-eating caterpillars.

Read more: Indian black-lored tit on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for southern Rajasthan.[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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