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A varied tit's tail is shorter than a Japanese tit's.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Varied tit
- Scientific name
- Sittiparus varius
- Japanese name
- ヤマガラ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- Genus
- Sittiparus
Its head is patterned black and white, its back and belly are brown, and its wings are bluish grey.
In autumn it tucks acorns and seeds into cracks in trees and other spots, to eat in winter or to feed its chicks later.
How the Varied tit lives
They live in the same region through the changing seasons. They also eat insects. Their song is lower-pitched and slower than that of Japanese tits.
国土交通省 山国川河川事務所日本野鳥の会 BIRD FANBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 14 cm日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN
- Diet
- Tree seeds, acorns and insects国土交通省 山国川河川事務所
Where the Varied tit has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヤマガラ
- 简体中文
- 赤腹山雀
- 繁體中文
- 赤腹山雀
- 한국어
- 곤줄박이
- Español
- Carbonero Variado
- Français
- Mésange variée
- Deutsch
- Buntmeise
- Português (Brasil)
- Chapim-variado
- Italiano
- Cincia varia
- Русский
- Тиссовая синица
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN — ヤマガラChecked: 2026-11-03
- 国土交通省 山国川河川事務所 — 山国川の鳥図鑑 ヤマガラChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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