---
title: "Green-backed Tit"
description: "Parus monticolus — Birds. The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-backed-tit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green-backed Tit

> Parus monticolus — Birds. The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

- Scientific name: *Parus monticolus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 3076
- Wikidata: [Q500024](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500024)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13596](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13596)

## Names

- en: Green-backed Tit
- de: Bergkohlmeise
- es: Carbonero Dorsiverde
- fr: Mésange montagnarde
- pl: Sikora zielonogrzbieta

## Countries with the most observations

TW (978), IN (839), CN (613), NP (172), VN (127), BT (118), PK (13), MM (8), LA (6)

## Summary

The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Its natural habitats are boreal forest, temperate forest, and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-backed_tit

## Photo

![Green-backed Tit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-backed-tit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247617574

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-backed-tit?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).