The blue tit (along with the several other European tit species) are in the same family (Paridae) as the titmouse and chickadee. The Latin name used to be Parus caeruleus, but they've reclassified it as Cyanistes caeruleus. The coal tit looks very similar to a chickadee.Malte_P said:Krob78 said:
i have searched the english name:
wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Tit
the blue tit is as numerous as sparrows here in germany.
and they are the first at the feeding station.. 10-20 seconds after they visit the feeding station the sparrows arrive.
when they fly away they are the first to come back short after them the sparrows... the bue tit is a cheeky little bird.
that´s what i learned the past 2 days.
hell im really a bird noob, i have so much to learn about their behavior.
Coal Tit on Pine by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
Then you have the great tit.
Great Tit in a Tree by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
My favourite is probably the crested tit, probably because of the rarity, but I only have a single very distant shot from several years ago. I haven't even seen the equally rare bearded tit, unless you count a speck through binoculars, where I wouldn't have been able to ID it without someone else telling me it was there.
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