Fire-capped Tit

The fire-capped tit is a small bird of the tit family, about 10cm long and 7g, that breeds in the temperate forest bordering the Himalayas and winters downhill and further south. In breeding plumage (February to July) the male has a slight orange-scarlet crest. Outside the breeding season (September to January) the crown is dark olive-brown with a yellowish olive-green border, and the upperparts are yellowish to olive-green with a yellowish rump (Wikipedia, general species account).

There are usually four dull blue-green eggs; the incubation period is unknown. To the east, birds tend to be smaller and the plumage gradually darker (Wikipedia, general species account).