Blue Tits

All 3 species of blue tits on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 51 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

• Each island in the archipelago has its own subspecies, with distinct plumage and song, and the populations of Gran Canaria and those of the western islands are so genetically separate that several authors propose treating them as different species.

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• It is one of the few birds that can be seen both inside the humid laurel forest and in the dry summit pine woods and the gardens of the Canarian towns.

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• Its pointed crest gives it away at once; it stores seeds in the bark for the winter.

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• It excavates its own nest: unlike other tits, which take over existing holes, this one digs a cavity in rotten wood, and the female can take two weeks to finish it.

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• It stores seeds and insects in caches spread across its territory all year round, not only in autumn, and recovers those stores weeks later thanks to a highly developed spatial memory.

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• Its clutch can exceed a dozen eggs, which is exceptional for a bird of eleven grams.

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• The female covers the first eggs with nest material until she has only one or two left to lay, at which point she starts to incubate.

Ecosystems