Coal Tit
Periparus ater
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParidae (Mallerengues)
- GenusPeriparus (Tufted and Yellow-bellied Tits)
- SpeciesPeriparus ater (Coal Tit)
Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Willow Tit
Poecile montanus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Japanese Bush Warbler
Horornis diphone
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Bull-headed Shrike
Lanius bucephalus
Narcissus Flycatcher
Ficedula narcissina
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Coal Tit in Nikko National Park?
About 60% of visitor-days record a Coal Tit sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 239 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Coal Tit in Nikko National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Coal Tit in Nikko National Park in our monthly data.