The Indian Subcontinent provides suitable habitats to various species of birds for residing and nesting. Tits are no exception in this regard. Various types of Tits have been recorded in India. Those described and mentioned below belong to the kingdom, Animalia; phylum, Chordata; class, Aves; order, Passeriformes; and family, Paridae.

Indian Tit
Indian Tit is a resident breeder of the Indian Subcontinent. This bird can be identified in terms of black colored head, large crest, neck and throat. The bird has yellow cheeks and supercilia. The bird has olive-green upperparts. It has two white or yellowish wingbars and white outer tail feathers. The female counterpart and young birds are duller than males. The broad black line down the otherwise yellow front is broader in the male.

White-Naped Tit
White-Naped Tit is endemic to India. This tit has a striking monochromatic appearance. The male bird has a glossy, bluish-black colored head. The crest of the bird is black and feathered. Its wings are also black in color. There is a thick, black line running down the centre of the breast, while the rest of the parts are creamy white. The female counterpart has been examined as slightly duller and less glossy, but similarly patterned. The underparts are pale yellow in appearance. White-Naped Tit is being referred to as a "vulnerable" bird, due to loss and degradation of its habitat.

Sultan Tit
Sultan Tit is a local resident in eastern Himalayas, north-east and central India. The forehead and crown of the male bird is adorned with striking yellow crest. The bird has deep black colored upper parts, including the sides of the head and neck, chin, throat and breast, glossed with green. There is metallic luster on the edges of the feathers of the upper plumage. The underside is deep yellow. The thighs are barred or mottled with white. The female counterpart has dark greenish brown upper parts and sides of the head. The chin and throat are glossed and dark olive-green. The feathers of the upper plumage are edged with metallic green. The portions of the bird in yellow are dull. The wings and tail of the bird are also dull.

Cinereous Tit
Cinereous Tit is widely distributed from north to south India. This bird is identified in terms of grey back, black hood, white cheek patch and a white wing-bar. The underside is white with the black central stripe running along the length. The female counterpart has been examined as slightly duller, with a narrower ventral line.

Other Indian Tits
Himalayan Black-Lored Tit and Great Tit are the two other Tits recorded in India.