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Coal Tit

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Photo by IanFCowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham, UK.
Photo by IanF
Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham, UK.
Periparus ater

Parus ater

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[edit] Identification

L. 10–11.5 cm

[edit] Adult

  • Large white nape spot
  • Black head
  • Glossy blue-black head, throat and neck
  • White on sides of face
  • Double wingbar
  • White underparts with buff to rufous shading on flanks
  • Black bill
  • Lead colored legs
  • Dark brown eyes

[edit] Immature

  • Duller than adult
  • Black head with no sheen
  • White of nape and cheeks tinged with yellow

[edit] Distribution

Resident, but along with Blue Tit is the most mobile tit in autumn, Northern populations in some years moving south in large numbers.

[edit] Taxonomy

A passerine bird in the tit family Paridae, sometimes still referred to as Parus ater

[edit] Habitat

Breeds mainly in conifer woods, often with some taller spruces; locally also in pine or mixed forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Forages (for seeds, insects, spiders) much in top of trees and in outer branches.

[edit] Breeding

Nests in hole, sometimes among tree roots or in rock crevice.

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