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Great Tit![]() Size: 12.5-14 cm; wing span 22.5-25.5 cm Weight: 14-22 g |
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See Great
Tit at Wikipedia |
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Photos |
Race "major"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Great Tit (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
Near-frontal view of a male Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, January 2017]
Family clan of Great Tits raiding food provided by an obliging human;
male on the right
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2015]
Direct comparison between a male Great Tit, back, with an
Eurasian Blue Tit,
front (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Great Tit; note the pale front and the
partly fragmented central stripe
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
Near-lateral view of a Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
Near-lateral view of a Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
Lateral view of a Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
Lateral view of a female Great Tit, here taking food from a feeder
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
Near-dorsal view of a female(?) Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, December 2015]
Dorsal view of a female(?) Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2015]
Sex unknown |
Lateral view of a Great Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2015]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Near-lateral view of a fledgling Great Tit
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, August 2015]
Lateral view of a fledgling Great Tit
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, August 2015]
Lateral view of a fledgling Great Tit begging for food
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, August 2015]
Race "newtoni"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Partly obscured near-lateral view of a male(?) Great Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Hyde Park, London, England, September 2019]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female(?) Great Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Hyde Park, London, England, September 2019]
Race "corsus"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Great Tit looking sideways; note the
wide frontal black band
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Frontal/ventral view of a male Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2015]
Near-frontal view of a male Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2023]
Near-lateral view of a male Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, November 2016]
Near-lateral view of a male Great Tit issuing its
call
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a male Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a male(?) Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, March 2017]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a wet female Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Quinta da Vilarica, Assares, Tras os Montes, Portugal, May 2018]
Near-frontal view of a female(?) Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, April 2018]
Lateral view of a female Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, April 2018]
Sex unknown |
Dorsal view of a Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Frontal view of a juvenile Great Tit; note the pale front and
the yellow gape
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, June 2015]
Near-lateral view of a juvenile Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, June 2015]
Lateral view of a juvenile Great Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2019]
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Food, Diet |
Lateral view of a Great Tit with its prey, a grub
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
Great Tit with its prey, a larva
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Quinta da Vilarica, Assares, Tras os Montes, Portugal, May 2018]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
greatit_dw_20160602.m4a |
major (Poland) |
Family Q&A | © DW | |
greatit_dw_20160816.m4a |
major (Poland) |
Q&A (pair) | © DW | |
greatit_dw_20170402_1.m4a |
major (Poland) |
Territorial calls(?) | © DW | |
greatit_dw_20170402_3.m4a |
major (Poland) |
Warning calls? (+ Eurasian Jay) |
© DW | |
greatit_dw_20170215.m4a |
major (Poland) |
Various | © DW | |
greatit_dw_20170215_2.m4a |
major (Poland) |
Various | © DW | |
greatit_dw_20170112.m4a |
major (Poland) |
? | © DW | |
greatit_dw_20210914.m4a |
major (Poland) |
? | © DW | |
greatit_jp_20200322_2.m4a |
corsus (Portugal) |
Territorial calls? | © JP | |
greatit_jp_20200322_4.m4a |
corsus (Portugal) |
Territorial calls? | © JP | |
greatit_jp_20230217.mp3 |
corsus (Portugal) |
Territorial calls? | © JP | |
greatit_jp_20200323.m4a |
corsus (Portugal) |
? | © JP | |
greatit_jp_20190606.m4a |
corsus (Portugal) |
? (+ Hoopoe) | © JP |
More Great Tit sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.