About the Great Tit
The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is widespread and common throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and as far east as the Amur River. It also occurs in parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland. Most great tits do not migrate, except in extremely harsh winters. Until 2005 this species was lumped with numerous other subspecies. However, DNA studies have revealed that these subspecies are distinct from the great tit, and they have now been classified as two distinct species, the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) of southern Asia, and the Japanese tit (Parus minor) of East Asia.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Parus major
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the tits, chickadees, and titmice family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Asian Tit Parus cinereus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
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