iMarsh Tit
Conservation status
Least concern (LC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae Genus: Poecile Species: P. palustris
Binomial name
Poecile palustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
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The Marsh Tit, Poecile palustris, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate Europe and northern Asia. It does not breed in Spain, Ireland, Scotland, or the colder northern countries. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate. Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Genera See text. ... European redirects here. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Motto: (Eng: No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... // Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land migratory birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the temperate zones of the southern hemisphere. ...

The head and neck are glossy blue-black; the chin and upper throat are black, the feathers of the latter edged with white. The cheeks are white, the back is sandy brown with an olive tinge, and the rump browner. The absence of the nape spot distinguishes it at once from the Coal Tit. Binomial name Parus ater Linnaeus, 1758 The Coal Tit, Parus ater is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. ...

The wings and tail are greyish, and there is a clear bar on the former, a further distinction from the Coal Tit. The underparts are greyish white, shading into buff on the flanks. As a rule the upper and under surfaces are more sharply defined than in the Willow Tit, its probable sister species. The bill is black, the legs lead-coloured, and the irides very dark brown. Binomial name Poecile montanus (Conrad von Baldenstein, 1827) The Willow Tit, Poecile montanus, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. ... This cladogram shows the relationship among various insect groups. ...

Note the glossy cap, smaller bib, and uniform wings which help distinguish it from the Willow Tit

It can be told from the Willow Tit by its glossy blue-black head and squarer tail; the black bib under the biill is smaller, and the wings are uniformly brown without a conspicuous lighter area towards the tips when at rest. The sexes are alike and seasonal changes are not striking; the young are duller. Length is 11.5 cm, and wing range from 60-70 mm. Image File history File links Parus_atricapillus_3_(Marek_Szczepanek). ... Image File history File links Parus_atricapillus_3_(Marek_Szczepanek). ... Binomial name Poecile montanus (Conrad von Baldenstein, 1827) The Willow Tit, Poecile montanus, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. ...

"Marsh Tit" is a misleading rather than incorrect name, for though the bird is found in damp and marshy places, it is as common in dry woods and hedgerows and even occurs in gardens. In mixed winter tit flocks, seldom more than one or two Marsh Tits are present, and parties of this species alone are infrequent. Its performances in the bushes and branches are just as neat and agile as those of other tits; it often hangs upside down by one leg. Like the others it has a large range of vocal utterances ; it has a quick, metallic and shrill call sip, sip, a loud alarm note tay, tay, tay, and a subdued song sis, sis, ris, see.

The food is animal or vegetable; caterpillars and other insects, and spiders are eaten, and seeds of various kinds, including those of the thistle. Unlike most other tits, this bird has been observed to store the food for the winter, by hiding seeds behind tree bark or in similar semi-hidden places. The striking caterpillar of the Emperor Gum Moth This article is about insect larva. ... Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta. ... Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See Table of Families Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders A South American Argiope Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals with two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ... Species See text Thistles are perennial flowering plants of the genus Cirsium. ...

The nest is occasionally in a hole in the ground, but the bird is more of a tree species than some of its relatives. It selects a hole in a rotten willow or other trunk or stump for choice, and though it never starts a hole, it undoubtedly enlarges the hollow, carrying the chips to a distance before dropping them. The hole may be within a foot or two of the ground or high up in a tall tree. Wool, hair, fur and moss are felted together, and occasionally willowdown is added, but the quantity of material used is variable. Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, alpacas and rabbits may also be... Young Girl Fixing her Hair, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson Hair is a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin, found mainly in mammals. ... Subclasses Sphagnidae Andreaeidae Tetraphidae Polytrichidae Archidiidae Buxbaumiidae Bryidae Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1-10 cm tall, occasionally more. ...

Five to nine eggs of the usual tit type are laid late in April or in May, and second broods are recorded. The bird sits closely. In most birds and reptiles, an apple (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...

Systematics

Most authorities retain Poecile as a subgenus within the genus Parus, but the American Ornithologists' Union treats it as a distinct genus. This is supported by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence analysis; within Poecile, the Marsh Tit is part of a group of Eurasian "typical chickadees" that includes also the Willow Tit, Père David's Tit, and in all probability also the Songar Tit.(Gill et al., 2005) The American Ornithologists Union (AOU) is the oldest and largest organization in the New World devoted to the scientific study of birds. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is DNA which is not located in the nucleus of the cell but in the mitochondria. ... CoQ Cytochrome c reductase The Coenzyme Q - cytochrome c reductase complex, sometimes called the cytochrome bc1 complex, and at other times Complex III, is the third complex in the electron transfer chain (PDB 1KYO, EC 1. ... part of a DNA sequence A DNA sequence (sometimes genetic sequence) is a succession of letters representing the primary structure of a real or hypothetical DNA molecule or strand, The possible letters are A, C, G, and T, representing the four nucleotide subunits of a DNA strand (adenine, cytosine, guanine...

The subspecies hypermelaena is sometimes considered a distinct species, the Black-bibbed Tit^{[citation needed]}. In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Parus palustris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

• Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122: 121-143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract