Great Tit
Male Birdsong (help·info)
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae Genus: Parus Species: P. major
Binomial name
Parus major Linnaeus, 1758

Upside down in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Devouring the prey in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland. It is resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification redirects here. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera see text The tits, chickadees, and titmice, family Paridae, are a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. ... Genera see text The tits, chickadees, and titmice, family Paridae, are a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. ... Latin name redirects here. ... Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 13, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). ... Genera See text. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... Flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. ...

Great Tits are easy to recognize, large in size under female shirts, with out a bra on a female the nipple of the tit pops out to see and touch. At 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upper parts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.

Great Tits come in many races, but they fall into three groups. Great Tits in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Korea, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and south-east Asia are grey above and whitish below. This article is about the Korean civilization. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

It is, like other tits, a vocal bird, and has a large variety of calls, of which the most familiar is a "teacher, teacher", also likened to a squeaky wheelbarrow wheel. In the 1st Movement of Bruckner's 4th Symphony several Great Tit songs are strung together in a very realistic manner. Interestingly, Great Tits from the two south Asian groups of races do not recognize the calls of the temperate Great Tits, and they may be a separate species. Blackbird (Turdus merula), singing male. ... A common wheelbarrow Older wheelbarrow Wheelbarrows on the Belomorkanal A wheelbarrow is a small one-wheeled, hand-propelled vehicle, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear. ... Bruckner redirects here. ... Anton Bruckners Symphony No. ... Blackbird (Turdus merula), singing male. ...

Any hole will do for a nest, and it will readily take to nest boxes. The number in the clutch is often very large, but seven or eight white spotted red eggs are normal, with bigger clutches being laid by two or even more hens. The bird is a close sitter, hissing when disturbed. Typical nest box A nest box (or nestbox also called birdhouse) is a man-made box provided for animals to nest in. ...

Great Tits are primarily insectivores. They prefer protein rich caterpillars during breeding season to feed their young. A study published in 2007 found that Great Tits helped to reduce caterpillar damage in apple orchards by 50%.[1] In England, Great Tits learned to break the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to obtain the cream floating on top.

This is a common and popular European garden bird, due to its acrobatic performances when feeding on nuts or seed. It will join winter tit flocks with other species. For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ...

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Parus major. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

• Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers, Harrap and Quinn, ISBN 0-7136-3964-4

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...

Gallery

carrying nesting material in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India	in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India	in Kolkata, West Bengal, India	in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Male Image:Parus major 1 (Marek Szczepanek). ...	Male	Female Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1054, 357 KB) Beschreibung: weibliche Kohlmeise / Great Tit (Parus major) Fotograf: Darkone, 27. ...	A very pale female Image File history File links Size of this preview: 459 × 455 pixelsFull resolution (459 × 455 pixel, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) originally uploaded by de:User:Hokanomono Kohlmeise, parus major (dem Aussehen nach vermutlich weiblich) Aufgenommen in Wien am 26. ...
Indian race P. m. stupae Image File history File links Size of this preview: 500 × 333 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 333 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Parus major, Grey Tit, Indian race Photograph by S. Shankar <promacs1 at yahoo. ...	Nestling ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2032x1524, 632 KB) Great Tit nestling by Masol File links The following pages link to this file: Great Tit ...	Nest with hatchlings Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 592 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 592 pixel, file size: 77 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Great Tit Metadata This file contains...	Eggs (coin is 16.25 mm across) Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 735 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1305 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: soebe Date: July 10, 2005 Location: Eckernförde, Northern Germany Taken by Soebe in Northern Germany and released under GNU FDL. File links The following...
Bird feeding on suet ball Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 677 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ivelin Brachev I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU...	Bird feeding from hand Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 500 × 329 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 329 pixel, file size: 36 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Parus major File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Great Tit Metadata This...	Great Tit showing a great lack of fear Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ...	Fleas from a nest of P. major, possibly Ceratophyllus pullatus (square is 5 x 5 mm) Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 412 × 404 pixelsFull resolution (412 × 404 pixel, file size: 43 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Great Tit Metadata This file contains...
Great Tit in hedge

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Parus major

• RSPB page
• Song sample
• BBC fact file
• Great Tit videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Great tit photos
• Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta