Species: Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Family: Tits (PARIDAE)
Category: Birds
Location: Widespread
A. Birds
More extensive information on birds can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Tits (PARIDAE)
Among our most familiar and gregarious garden birds, the tits are tiny, acrobatic omnivores with short legs and the sturdy bills that omnivores need.
C. Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Species Information The Coal Tit has an olive back, and a head that is mostly black with white patches on its cheeks and hindneck. The slender bill of the Coal Tit means it is better suited to feeding in conifers. In winter, they often join flocks with other tits, searching for food. Its song is often said to resemble the sound of a bicycle pump – as if air is escaping rapidly through a tiny aperture (which is true).
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Coal Tit
The slender bill of the Coal Tit means it is better suited to feeding in conifers.
