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Coal Tit

Periparus ater

The Coal Tit is a small, cheerful bird with a black cap and white cheeks. They love to flit around trees and are often seen in gardens, searching for tasty seeds and insects.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Coal Tit is a small, neat bird with a distinctive black head featuring bold white cheek patches and a prominent white patch on its nape. Its back is grey, and its underside is buff, making it easily identifiable from other tits.

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Coal Tit
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Coal Tit

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A Coal Tit will sometimes peck at tree bark, sounding like a tiny woodpecker looking for food!

Coal Tits sometimes join mixed flocks with other tit species during winter for safety and foraging!

These tiny birds can eat up to a third of their body weight in food every single day!

They often build their cozy nests hidden inside tree holes or even old mouse burrows!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Clever Food Cacher

Coal Tit can hide food in many spots because of their excellent spatial memory, helping them find snacks later.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Forager

Coal Tit can cling upside down on branches because of their strong claws, helping them find hidden insects.

Fähigkeit

Pine Cone Picker

Coal Tit has a fine, pointed beak that helps them expertly extract seeds from tight pine cones.

Maße und Details

Länge
10-11.5 cm
Flügelspannweite
17-21 cm
Gewicht
0.007-0.012 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-5 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Gelegegröße
7-11
Brutzeit
14-16 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Coal Tits eat mostly insects and spiders, but also enjoy seeds, nuts, and berries!

Hauptnahrung

  • insects
  • spiders
  • pine seeds
  • beech mast
  • berries
  • sunflower seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Provides seeds and sheltered nesting sites.

depends on

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

Relies on its seeds, especially in winter.

eaten by

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

A common aerial predator of small woodland birds.

eaten by

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

A frequent predator in gardens and urban areas.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Coal Tit?

10-11.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Coal Tit?

17-21 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Coal Tit?

0.007-0.012 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Coal Tit?

2-5 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Coal Tit?

35 km/h

Was frisst Coal Tit?

Coal Tits eat mostly insects and spiders, but also enjoy seeds, nuts, and berries!

Wo findet man Coal Tit normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Coal Tit?

Foraging

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