Eurasian Blue Tit Identification

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Adult

A small songbird with a blue cap, white face, thin black eyeline, yellowish underparts, greenish upperparts, blue wings and tail, and short black bill.

Adult

From behind, shows a bluish-black collar, greenish back, blue wings and tail, white wingbar, and broad white tips to folded inner wing feathers.

Adult

A small songbird with a white face, thin black eyeline, and blue crown, wings, and tail. Underparts are yellow, divided by a vertical grayish-black line.

Juvenile

Juvenile shares the same general pattern as adult but is paler yellow below, with a yellow cheek and a grayish crown.

Adult

Note the black throat patch and blackish line running down the middle of the belly.

Adult (with Great Tit)

Visits bird feeders, often in the company of other species like Great Tit (seen here).

Adult

Found in parks and gardens in urban areas, as well as deciduous woodlands, orchards, thickets, hedgerows, and other habitats.

Flock (with Long-tailed Tit)

A social species, often seen in family groups or flocks.

Juvenile

Juvenile is paler yellow below, with a yellow cheek and a gray crown. This species is an agile forager that often hangs upside down from plants in search of insects.

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Identification

Brightly-colored inhabitant of wooded and forested habitats, parks, gardens, and hedges in farmland. Plumage distinctive, with blue cap, white face with dark line through eyes, yellow underparts. Smaller and more active than Great Tit, which often occurs alongside Eurasian Blue Tit but has a very different head pattern, different calls. Juvenile (seen in summer–early autumn) has yellowish wash to face, drabber plumage overall. Often visits bird feeders and uses nest boxes. Listen for variable high-pitched vocalizations, as well as harsh scolding calls.