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Long-tailed TitAlternate name(s): "Long-tailed Bushtit", "Silver-throated Tit", "Silver-throated Dasher" ![]() Size: 13-15 cm (incl. tail of 7-9 cm) |
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Photos |
Race "europaeus"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Nieppe, Hauts-de-France, France, March 2020]
Helper holding two Long-tailed Tits for documentation after
ringing (photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Ovcarsko-Kablarski Canyon, near Cacak, Serbia, October 2017]
Lateral view of two Long-tailed Tits (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, February 2019]
Lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Vlasina Lake, Serbia, October 2019]
Dorsal view of a Long-tailed Tit (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, March 2018]
Race "taiti"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Near-frontal view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mequinenza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, September 2019]
Near-frontal view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2016]
Near-lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2016]
Near-lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Near-lateral/ventral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mequinenza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, September 2019]
Lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mequinenza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, September 2019]
Lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Lateral/ventral view of a Long-tailed Tit issuing its call
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, March 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mequinenza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, September 2019]
Lateral/ventral view of a Long-tailed Tit launching itself
into the air
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Near-frontal view of a juvenile Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2014]
Lateral view of a juvenile Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2014]
Juvenile Long-tailed Tit hanging upside down from a twig
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2014]
Race "irbii"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Lateral view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Pulo do Lobo, Amendoeira da Serra, Mertola, South Alentejo,
Portugal, October 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Pulo do Lobo, Amendoeira da Serra, Mertola, South Alentejo,
Portugal, October 2019]
Race "rosaceus"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Long-tailed Tit
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Hyde Park, London, England, September 2019]
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Food, Diet |
Long-tailed Tits are insectivorous, specializing in small anthropods and on the eggs and larvae of butterflies and moths. In autumn they also feed on plant material.
Long-tailed Tits taking fat and seeds from a bird feeder
(photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, February 2019]
Long-tailed Tit and a
Eurasian Blue Tit
at a bird feeder (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, February 2019]
Clan of Long-tailed Tits at a bird feeder
(photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, February 2019]