Eurasian Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
A blue tit clutch usually holds six to twelve eggs; the nestlings are fed mainly on caterpillars, which is why oak-rich woods produce the largest clutches and the best breeding success. In ultraviolet light, which birds – unlike us – can see, males and females look clearly different, although to our eyes they appear almost identical.
- Group
- Songbirds
- Photos
- 4
- Taken
- 2021–2024
Profile: Eurasian Blue Tit
- Family
- Tits (Paridae)
- Size
- approx. 10.5–12 cm
- Wingspan
- approx. 17.5–20 cm
- Weight
- approx. 11 g
- Habitat
- Deciduous and mixed woodland, especially with oaks, plus parks, orchards and gardens with old trees or nest boxes.
- Diet
- Caterpillars, aphids, spiders and other small animals, deftly gleaned even from thin twig tips; seeds are added in winter.
- When to see
- Mostly resident and seen all year; young birds in particular wander after the breeding season. In winter often in mixed tit flocks and a regular visitor to bird feeders.
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