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Tits are cavity-nesting birds, typically using trees, although Pseudopodoces [12] builds a nest on the ground. Most tree-nesting tits excavate their nests, [13] and clutch sizes are generally large for altricial birds, ranging from usually two eggs in the rufous-vented tit of the Himalayas to as many as 10 to 14 in the blue tit of Europe.
Great tit in Sweden, winter 2016. The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland; most great tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh ...
The cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. This species is made up of several populations that were earlier treated as subspecies of the great tit (Parus major). These birds are grey backed with white undersides. The great tit in the new sense is distinguishable by the greenish-back and yellowish underside.
tit' (Cyanistes × pleskei) is a common interspecific hybrid between this species and the azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus), in western Russia. Such birds can look like azure, but with less white on the tail and a bit of yellow on the chest or like blue tit but with whiteish bottom. [9] [10]
The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus), also named long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic.The genus name Aegithalos was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.
The varied tit (Sittiparus varius) is a perching bird from the tit family, Paridae. It occurs in the eastern Palearctic in Japan , Korea , and locally in northeastern China (southern Liaoning ) and extreme southeastern Russia (southern Kurile Islands ).
The willow tit (Poecile montanus) is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and across the Palearctic . The plumage is grey-brown and off-white with a black cap and bib.
The Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. It is found in Angola , Botswana , Namibia , South Africa , and Zimbabwe . Its natural habitats are dry savannah , subtropical or tropical dry shrubland , and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.