Species group · Birds

Blue Tits

WAnimals has 3 species of blue tit, all in the family Paridae.

3 species

1 family

51 countries

270 parks

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 3.

All 3 species of blue tits on WAnimals

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

European Crested Tit

Lophophanes cristatus

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

African Blue Tit

Cyanistes teneriffae

3 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

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

Its pointed crest gives it away at once; it stores seeds in the bark for the winter.
From European Crested Tit
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.
From European Crested Tit
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.
From European Crested Tit
Its clutch can exceed a dozen eggs, which is exceptional for a bird of eleven grams.
From Eurasian Blue Tit
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.
From Eurasian Blue Tit
It takes to nest boxes so readily that putting them up has halted the species' decline in some areas.
From Eurasian Blue Tit
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.
From African Blue Tit
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.
From African Blue Tit