Great Tit — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0

Bird · Paridae

Great Tit

Parus major

Bird call

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

Facts

Habitat: Woodland, parks, gardens, hedgerows
IUCN status: LC (Least Concern)
Wingspan: ~24 cm

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

Ecological relationships

Feeds on

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.