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Great Tit
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Bird·Paridae

Great Tit

Parus major

Habitat
Woodland, parks, gardens, hedgerows
IUCN status
LCLeast Concern
Wingspan
~24 cm

Ecological relationships

Feeds on

  • Pedunculate Oak
    Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

    A keystone relationship: Great Tit populations track winter moth caterpillar peaks on oak. Timing of egg-laying has evolved to match oak bud-burst.

Bird call

© Adam Gruszczyński / XC1152065 / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Plumage

Great Tit, plumage
(c) Radu Teodoreanu, some rights reserved (CC BY)