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Crested Tit
Carlos Delgado / CC BY-SA 4.0

Bird · Paridae

Crested Tit

Lophophanes cristatus

Bird call

© Xavier Riera / XC1151918 / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Facts

Habitat
Coniferous and mixed forest
IUCN status
LC (Least Concern)
Wingspan
~18 cm

Ecological relationships

Nests in

  • Scots PinePinus sylvestris

    Nests almost exclusively in dead Scots Pine wood. Rare outside conifer stands.

  • Norway SprucePicea abies

    Nests in rotting stumps and cavities in spruce-dominated boreal and montane forests.