The
tits are a widespread family of birds, occurring over most of Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. They are active, noisy and social birds. The tits make a variety of calls and songs.
Quiet calls are made while feeding to facilitate cohesion with others in their social group. Other calls are used for signalling alarm—the most famous of which is the "Chic-a-dee-dee" of
North American. The number of "dee" syllables at the end of the call increases with the level of danger the predator poses.
The tits are generalist insectivores that consume a wide range of small insects and other invertebrates, particularly small defoliating caterpillars. They also consume seeds and nuts, especially in
the winter. One characteristic method of foraging in the family is hanging, where they will inspect a branch or twig and leaves from all angles while hanging upside down to feed.
Genus Baeolophus
Titmouse,_Black-crested also
Mexican Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus Found: Texas, Mexico
Image by: 1)
Alan D Wilson 2)
Dan Pancamo - Texas
3, 4) Andy_Morffew



Titmouse, Bridled Baeolophus wollweberi Found: North America
Image by:
1, 2) Karla Kishinami - Arizona 3)
Alan D Wilson 4)
Dominic_Sherony



Titmouse, Juniper Baeolophus ridgwayi Found: North America
Image by: 1)
Tony Randell 2)
Seabamirum - Arizona 3)
J N Stuart - Nevada


Titmouse, Oak Baeolophus inornatus
Found: North America
Image by: 1)
Alan Vernon - California 2)
Gary Kramer, USFWS 3)
Doug Greenberg - California 4)
Velo Steve 5, 6) Charlie Westerinen - Anderson Marsh near Clear Lake in Northern CA
1) Fledgling





Titmouse, Tufted Baeolophus bicolor Found: North America
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Dick Daniels - North Carolina





Genus Cephalopyrus - 1 species
Tit,_Fire-capped Cephalopyrus flammiceps Found: Asia
Image by:
1)
Haller1962 2)
John Gould 3)
Ron Knight 4)
Francesco_Veronesi - Bhutan



Genus Cyanistes
Tit,_African Blue Cyanistes teneriffae Found: northern Africa, Canary Islands
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Juan Emilio - Canary Islands 4)
Philippe Guillaume
1- 3)
Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigae 4)
C. t. teneriffae



Tit,_Azure Cyanistes cyanus Found: Russia, central Asia
Image by: 1)
Vincent van der Spek - Krygyzstan
2, 3) Sergey Pisarevskiy - South Siberia, Russia 4)
Ron_Knight



Tit,_Eurasian Blue also
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus also
Parus caeruleus Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Jan_Svetlik 2)
Tapio Kaisla 3)
Andreas Trepte 4)
Maximilian Dorsch 5)
Andre Karwath 6)
Luc Viatour





Tit,_Yellow-breasted Cyanistes flavipectus Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Francesco Veronesi - Uzbekistan

Genus Lophophanes
Tit,_Crested Lophophanes cristatus Found: Europe
Image by: 1)
Viktor Kravtchenk 2)
Tapio Kaisla 3, 4) Luc
Viatour (CC BY-SA 3.0) 5)
Cristiano Crolle - Val Roseg, Switzerland 6)
Sgbeer 7)
Carlos_Delgado - Spain






Tit,_Gray-crested Lophophanes dichrous Found: Himalayan foothills and southern-central China
Image by: 1)
J M Garg 2)
soumyajit_nandy 3)
Garima_Bhatia - Bhutan


Genus Machlolophus
These species used to be placed in genus Parus
Tit,_Himalayan_Black-lored also
Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Lip Kee - Bandipur, Nepal 3)
Shrikant_Rao - India 4)
Koshy_Koshy - India



Tit,_Indian_Black-lored also
Indian Tit Machlolophus aplonotus Found: India
Image by: 1)
Sergey Yeliseev 2)
Tarique San Uajith 4) Prajwalkm


Tit,_White-naped also
White-winged Tit Machlolophus nuchalis Found: India
Image by: 1)
Bio Diversity Library 2, 3) Tarique Sani 4)
Dhaval_Vargiya



Tit,_Yellow Machlolophus holsti Found: Taiwan
Image by:
1, 3) Hiyashi Halso 2)
Robert tdc


Tit,_Yellow-cheeked Machlolophus spilonotus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Ron Knight 3)
Ron Hodgkinson 4)
Francesco Veronesi



Genus Melanochlora - 1 species
Tit,_Sultan Melanochlora sultanea Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Hiyashi Haka 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Thailand


Genus Melaniparus
These tits are from Africa and most have dark plumage.
Tit,_Ashy Melaniparus cinerascens Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2, 4) Derek_Keats - Botswana 3)
Linda Bushman - Namibia



Tit,_Carp's Melaniparus carpi Found: Angola, Namibia
Image by: 1) Haller1962
2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Namibia 4)
Fokko van der Woude - Namibia



Tit,_Dusky Melaniparus funereus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2)
John Gerrard Keulemans 3)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 4)
Steve Garvie - Kenya



Tit,_Gray Melaniparus afer Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962
2, 3) Alan Manson - South Africa 4)
Francesco Veronesi



Tit,_Miombo Melaniparus griseiventris Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Maans_Booysen - Angola
3, 4, 5) Nigel_Voaden - DR Congo 5)



Tit,_Red-throated Melaniparus fringillinus Found: Kenya, Tanzania
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Dave Curtis - Kenya 3)
Nik_Borrow - Tanzania


Tit,_Rufous-bellied Melaniparus rufiventris Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Nigel_Voaden - DR Congo 3)
Peter_Steward - Malawi


Tit,_Somali also
Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi Found: central Africa
Image by:
John Gerrard Keulemans 2)
Kristian Svensson 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Kenya


Tit,_Southern Black also
Black Tit Melaniparus niger Found: Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Franceso Veronesi 3)
Ron Knight 4)
Lip Kee



Tit,_Stripe-breasted Melaniparus fasciiventer Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Kristian Svennson - Uganda 3) _Nik_Borrow


Tit,_White-backed_Black- Melaniparus leuconotus Found: Eritrea, Ehtiopia
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2)
Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia

Tit,_White-bellied Melaniparus albiventris Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 3)
Peter Steward - Kenya 4)
Joseph Mochoge - Kenya



Tit,_White-shouldered (Black-) Melaniparus guineensis Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Allan_Hopkins - Gambia

Tit,_White-winged_Black- Melaniparus leucomelas Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Charles_Davies - Angola 3)
Peter_Wilton


Genus Parus
These tits are found in Asia
Tit,_Himalayan Black-lored Parus xanthogenys Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Lip Kee Yap - Bandipur, Nepal

Tit,_Cinereous Parus cinereus Found: southern Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
Raju Kasambe 2)
TR_Shankar_Raman - India 3)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan


Tit,_Great Parus major Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Jacques Chibret 2)
Andreas Trepte 3)
Slawomir
Staszczuk 4)
Dick
Daniels - Scotland
5)
Cristiano Crolle - Cesano Maderno
6)
Andy_Morffew 7) Video by
Avibirds.
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Tit,_Green-backed Parus monticolus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan
2, 3) Hiyashi Haka 4)
Koshy_Koshy - India



Tit,_Japanese Parus minor Found: far east Russia, Japan
Image by: 1,
3) Alpsdake - Japan 2)
Lip Kee Yap - Minoo, Osalso, Japan 4)
Greg_Peterson



Genus Periparus
Tit,_Black-crested also
Spot-winged Tit Periparus melanolophus also
Periparus ater melanolophus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Shrikant_Rao - India 2)
Allan Hopkins 3)
JM Garg - India


Tit,_Coal Periparus ater Found: Europe, Asia, Africa (northern)
Image by: 1)
Aviceda - Princetown, Devon, England
2)
Stawomir Staszczuk 3)
Dick Daniels - Great Britain
4)
Cristiano Crolle - Val Roseg, Switzerland 5)
Alpsdake - Japan




Tit,_Elegant Periparus elegans also
Pardaliparus elegans Found: Philippines
Image by: 1)
Neon Rosell
Tit,_Palawan Periparus amabilis Found: Philippines
Image by: 1)
Markaharper 2)
Devon_Pike

Tit,_Rufous-naped also
Black-breasted Tit Periparus rufonuchalis Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan

Tit,_Rufous-vented Periparus rubidiventris Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
John Gould 2)
Dave Irving

Tit,_Yellow-bellied Periparus venustulus also
Pardaliparus venustulus Found: China
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Bernd_Kirschner 3)
Ron_Knight - Sichuan 4) characters



Genus Poecile
Tit,_Black-bibbed Poecile hypermelaenus also
Parus hypermelaenus Found: eastern China to southeast Tibet and western Myanmar
Image by:
1)
Gustav_Mutzel 2)
James Eaton


Chickadee,_Black-capped Poecile atricapillus Found: north USA, south Canada
Image by: 1)
Keith - Delaware 2)
Tattoed Dreamer - Minnesota 3)
Brendan Lally - British Columbia 4)
Mdf - Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada 5)
Alan D Wilson - British Columbia 6)
Dick Daniels - New Hampshire 7)
Dick - Olympia, Washington





Chickadee,_Boreal Poecile hudsonicus Found: north USA, Canada
Image by:
1, 2) David Mitchell 3)
pbonenfant 4)
Daniel_Arndt



Chickadee,_Carolina Poecile carolinensis Found: southeast USA.
Image by: 1)
Norm Townsend - Oklahoma
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) DIck Daniels - North Carolina 7)
Dick - South Carolina








Chickadee,_Chestnut-backed Poecile rufescens Found: west North
America
Image by:
1, 2) Elaine R Wilson Campbell Valley Regional Park, Langley, British Columbia 3)
Eugene Beckes 4)
Dan Hutcheson - California 5)
Maggie Smith - California 6)
Eugene_Beckes




Chickadee,_Gray-headed also
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus Found:
northwest North America, Scandinvaian Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Estormiz - Kittilä, Finland
2, 3) Sergey Yeliseev - Altai, Russia 4)
Crotach - Finland



Chickadee,_Mexican Poecile sclateri Found: southwest North America, Mexico
Image by: 1)
Pablo Leautard - Mexico 2)
Marcel Holyoak - southeast Arizona

Chickadee,_Mountain Poecile gambeli Found: west USA, west Canada
Image by: 1)
Jessi Bryan - Washington
2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 4)
Alan D Wilson - Oregon



Tit,_Marsh Poecile palustris Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Steffen Hannert 2)
Luc Viatour 3)
Slawomir Staszczuk 4)
Cristiano Crolle - Cesano Maderno, Italy



Tit,_Pere_David's Poecile davidi Found: China
Image by: 1)
Gustav_Mutzel 2)
Summer_Wong

Tit,_Sichuan Poecile weigoldicus Found; central China
Image by: 1)
Dave Curtis
Tit,_Sombre Poecile lugubris Found: southeast Europe, southwest Asia
Image by: 1)
Steve Raill - Bulgalia 2)
Thomas Paoletti

Tit,_Songar Poecile songarus Found: southeast Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and northern China.
Image by:
1, 2) Sergey Yeliseev - Kazakhstan

Tit,_White-browed Poecile superciliosus Found: southwestern China
Image by: 1)
Chong Ka - Tibet 2)
Yann_Muzika 3)
Dave_Curtis


Tit,_Willow Poecile montanus Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Tapio_Kaisla 2)
Marek Szczepanek 3)
Baresi Franco 4)
Cristiano Crolle - Val Roseg,Switzerland



Genus Pseudopodoces - 1 species
Tit,_Ground Pseudopodoces humilis Found: southwest China, northeast India
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2, 3) Dave_Curtis


Genus Sittiparus
Tit,_Chestnut-bellied Sittiparus castaneoventris Found: Taiwan
Image by: 1)
John_and_Fish
Tit,_Varied Sittiparus varius also
Cyanistes varius Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Alpsdake 2)
Hiyashi Haka 3)
M Nishimura 4)
LonelyShrimp



Tit,_White-fronted Sittiparus semilarvatus Found: Philippines
Image by: 1)
John Gerrard Kuelemans 2)
Pete_Morris

Genus Sylviparus - 1 species
Tit,_Yellow-browed Sylviparus modestus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan 3)
Dave_Curtis - Myanmar


The
long-tail tits, also known as
bushtits, are small and generally drab birds with moderately long tails. All but one of the species (American Bushtit) are found in Eurasia. They are active birds, moving almost constantly while they forage for insects in shrubs and trees. During non-breeding season, birds live in flocks. There are 11 species in this family.
Genus Aegithalos
Many of these
tits are also known as
bushtits. For example, the Black-throated Tit is also called the Black-throated BushTit.
Tit,_Black-browed also
Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos Found: China, India, Nepal
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2)
Andy_Li 3)
Francesco Veronesi


Tit,_Black-throated also
Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Auditi the Stargazer 2)
Johnny Wee 3)
Hiyashi
Halso 4)
Robert tdc 5)
Francesco Veronesi




Tit,_Long-tailed Aegithalos caudatus Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Agustin_Povedano 2) Slawek
Staszczuk 3)
AndreasTrepte 4)
Cristiano Crolle - Arese. Italy



Tit,_Silver-throated Aegithalos glaucogularis Found: China
Image by: 1)
John Gould 2)
Dave Fletcher

Tit,_Sooty Aegithalos fuliginosus Found: China
Image by: 1) Haller62 2)
Joseph Huet 3)
Jonathan_Martinez


Tit,_White-cheeked Aegithalos leucogenys Found: Afghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan
Image by: 1)
Haller62 2)
John Gould 3)
Werner Müller - Pakistan


Tit,_White-throated Aegithalos niveogularis Found: India, Nepal, and Pakistan
Image by: 1)
Haller1962 2)
John Gould 3)
Yogish_Holla


Genus Leptopoecile
The Tit-Warblers were once consider to be placed in the Sylvidae family, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA placed it with the long-tailed tits.
Tit-Warbler, Crested Leptopoecile elegans Found: China
Image by: 1)
Nick Bray 2)
Dave_Curtis

Tit-Warbler, White-browed Leptopoecile sophiae Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan 2)
Ron Knight

Genus Psaltria - 1 species
Tit,_Pygmy also
Pygmy Bushtit Psaltria exilis Found: Indonesia (Java)
Image by: 1)
John Gould 2)
Lip Kee

Genus Psaltriparus - 1 species
BushTit,_American also
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Found: west North America, Central America
Image by: 1)
winnu 2)
Maggie Smith - California
32)
eyesplash
- Vancouver, Canada 4)
Charlie Westerinen - California
1) Female (yellow eyes) 2, 3, 4) Male (dark eyes)



The Panuridae family has only one species, the Bearded Reedling. No other living species seems to be particularly closely related to it.
Genus Panurus - 1 species
Reedling, Bearded Panurus biarmicus Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Bob Hall 2, 5) Smudge 9000 - Kent, England 3)
Luciano Giussani 4)
Francesco
Veronesi - Hungary
2) Female 3 - 5) Male



Except for the Verdin and Fire-capped Tit, the penduline tits make hanging nests. Their pendulous and elaborately woven nests have false entrances above the true entrance, these in turn lead to a false chamber. The true nesting chamber is accessed by the parent opening a hidden flap, entering and then closing the flap shut again, the two sides sealing with sticky spider webs. These false entrances are used to confuse potential predators and protect the eggs and nestlings.
Genus Anthoscopus
The genus is restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
Tit,_Gray Penduline- Anthoscopus caroli Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Alan Manson 2)
Ian White3)
Johann du Preez


Tit,_Mouse-colored Penduline- Anthoscopus musculus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Dave Curtis 2)
Paul Donald

Tit,_Southern Penduline- also
Cape Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus minutus Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Craig Adam - South Africa 3)
Alan Manson - South Africa


Genus Auriparus - 1 species
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps Found: Southwestern United States
Image by: 1)
Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 2)
Henry McLin - Arizona
3, 6) Alan D Wilson - California 4)
Cletus Lee - Texas 5) Dick Daniels - Arizona
1) Juvenile 2 - 5) Female 6, 7) Male






Genus Remiz
Penduline-Tit,_Chinese- Remiz consobrinus Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Darren Bellerby - Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong

Tit,_Eurasian Penduline- Remiz pendulinus Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Marek Szczepanek 2)
Martin Mecnarowski 3)
Alistair Rae 4)
Cristiano Crolle - Adda River, Italy 5)
Tomasz Przechlewski




Tit,_White-crowned Penduline- Remiz coronatus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Francesco Veronesi - Uzbekistan 2)
Sergey Yeliseev - Kazkhstan
