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Marsh Tit

(Poecile palustris)
German name(s): "Sumpfmeise"
Size: 11.5-13 cm
Weight: 12 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Marsh Tit at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "palustris"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Marsh Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, November 2017]

Frontal view of a Marsh Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, November 2017]

Lateral view of a Marsh Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Zegrzynski Lagoon, Poland, March 2017]

Lateral view of a Marsh Tit, back, in comparison with a Willow Tit, front (photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Vlasina Lake, Serbia, October 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a Marsh Tit looking backwards (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Bois de Vincennes, 12th district, Paris, December 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a Marsh Tit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, November 2017]

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.

marstit_dw_20200905.m4a palustris
(Poland)
? © DW

More Marsh Tit sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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