| Fire-capped Tit | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Remizidae |
| Genus: | Cephalopyrus Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Species: | C. flammiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalopyrus flammiceps (Burton, 1836) |
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The Fire-capped Tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps) is a species of bird in the Remizidae family. The species was once considered to be a kinglet but is today treated as a penduline tit, although this is sometimes disputed. It is placed in a monotypic genus, Cephalopyrus.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.