Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_varied_tit
Varied Tit
Parus varius
Open this record in the interactive Atlas
About Varied Tit
Varied Tit (Parus varius) is recorded as an extirpated locally on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status x: extirpated locally. See original island table. A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Parus varius
- Common names
- Varied Tit
- Family
- Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: extirpated locally (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Former island occurrence documented; no living local population is established by this source
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Forest · Wetlands · Agricultural areas
- Food and resource needs
- Food and resources may include documented prey, plant foods, carrion, nectar, seeds, fruit, or invertebrates according to the species' verified feeding record
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within forest, wetlands, agricultural areas.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Competition, seed dispersal, crop/ornamental use, disease movement, and native-bird interaction are open questions
- Conservation actions
- Attach Kauai establishment status, habitat contact, abundance, management concern, and interaction evidence before intervention ranking
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Verify former range, last record and local extinction chronology
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Formerly Introduced Extirpated
- Seasonal description
- Varied Tit (Parus varius) is recorded as an extirpated locally on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Sources and further reading
- https://westernfieldornithologists.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hawaiian_Islands_Bird_Checklist-Jan-2019.pdf
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/interspecific-competition-among-hawaiian-forest-birds
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/kauai/learn/
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/SEHIlist.htm