What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Elegant Tit been recorded?

Periparus elegans occurrence evidence comes from 184 records in 1 countries and territories, from 1945 to 2017. Most records come from Philippines.

Elegant Tit
Elegant Tit — Photo (display-sized rendition): Gideon Ferrer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesParidaePeriparus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

184 records across 1 countries and territories, 1945–2017.

Periparus elegans · GBIF taxon key 2487869

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19452017

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Elegant Tit has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Elegant Tit. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Philippines 184

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.