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title: "Sultan Tit"
description: "Melanochlora sultanea — Aves. The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts, dark bill, and (depending on subspecies) a yellow or black crest."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sultan-tit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sultan Tit

> Melanochlora sultanea — Aves. The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts, dark bill, and (depending on subspecies) a yellow or black crest.

- Scientific name: *Melanochlora sultanea*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 790
- Wikidata: [Q2263439](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2263439)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13682](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13682)

## Names

- en: Sultan Tit
- de: Sultansmeise
- es: Carbonero sultán
- fr: Mésange sultane
- pl: Sikora sułtańska

## Countries with the most observations

MY (230), TH (170), IN (155), CN (83), VN (66), BT (33), MM (8)

## Summary

The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts, dark bill, and (depending on subspecies) a yellow or black crest. The sexes are similar, though the female has slightly duller plumage with greenish-black upperparts and throat. The young bird is duller than the adult and has a shorter crest. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Melanochlora, which is fairly distinct from other tits, third-basal in the family Paridae after Cephalopyrus and Sylviparus.

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

## Photo

![Sultan Tit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sultan-tit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260013220

## Machine access

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