| Coal Tit
Parus ater (aka Periparus ater) |
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Edinburgh, Scotland and Cheli La, Bhutan The Coal Tit is distributed throughout most of Europe and into most of Asia. It is normally found in conifer woodland where spruce seeds are a favourite food but it is also found in mixed forest and woodland. |
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It is slightly smaller than a
Blue Tit P.
caeruleus with a shorter tail. Its principal features are the
black head with white cheeks and white nape patch and the two
white wing-bars. British birds are olive-grey on the upperparts
though this colour varies in other parts of its range.
Apart from seeds it eats insects and spiders. |
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Photos 5 and 6 were taken in Bhutan and are of the subspecies P. a. aemodius. My first reaction when I saw it was that it was a new species for me. The large crest and large white patch on the nape quite confused me from linking this bird with the Coal Tits of Scotland but it is the same species. | |||
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There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information on Avibase. | |||
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