This tit lives in mountain regions from the western Himalayas into Central Asia. The male is marked by a black head and white cheeks.
The male has a black forehead, crown, and crest, set off by white cheeks.
It lives in oak-rhododendron woods and mountain conifer or spruce forests. It eats small invertebrates, seeds, and berries, and feeds insects and larvae to its young during the breeding season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.