Eurasian Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
Parus caeruleus
Parus caeruleus
Where is it found?
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Woodland, urban parks and gardens and hedgerows.
Diet and foraging method
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Takes insects from leaves and takes apart tree buds to find insects.
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Key adaptations
Their small body size and bill are well adapted for agile hopping between branches and picking insects from leaves.
Social organisation and mating system
Family flocks
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Form socially monogamous breeding pairs, but individuals are promiscuous and extra-pair mating is not uncommon.
Did you know that...?
Blue Tits can hang upside down while looking for and eating food.
They are skillful and agile, and can therefore cling to branches and hang upside down.
They are skillful and agile, and can therefore cling to branches and hang upside down.
Taxonomy
Picture credits:
Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Blue tit facing camera" by © Francis C. Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_tit_facing_camera.jpg#/media/File:Blue_tit_facing_camera.jpg
"Blue Tit - flickr" by Ben Fredericson - Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Tit_-_flickr.jpg#/media/File:Blue_Tit_-_flickr.jpg
"Sykora01" by Ladarozan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sykora01.jpg#/media/File:Sykora01.jpg
"Obenbruetn" by Sylke Rohrlach (user Schneetee) - Transferred from de.wikipedia.org. The original description page was here. All following user names refer to de.wikipedia.: 2007-04-28 09:23 . . Schneetee . . 520×543×8 (88291 bytes). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obenbruetn.jpg#/media/File:Obenbruetn.jpg
"Sykora02" by Ladarozan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sykora02.jpg#/media/File:Sykora02.jpg
"Baby blue tit" by N p holmes - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_blue_tit.JPG#/media/File:Baby_blue_tit.JPG
"ParusCaeruleusBathing" by Maximilian Dorsch - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ParusCaeruleusBathing.jpg#/media/File:ParusCaeruleusBathing.jpg
"Blue Tit Grönvold" by Henrik Grönvold - Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Order Passeres, vol. I, plate 42. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Tit_Gr%C3%B6nvold.jpg#/media/File:Blue_Tit_Gr%C3%B6nvold.jpg
"Blue tit facing camera" by © Francis C. Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_tit_facing_camera.jpg#/media/File:Blue_tit_facing_camera.jpg
"Blue Tit - flickr" by Ben Fredericson - Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Tit_-_flickr.jpg#/media/File:Blue_Tit_-_flickr.jpg
"Sykora01" by Ladarozan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sykora01.jpg#/media/File:Sykora01.jpg
"Obenbruetn" by Sylke Rohrlach (user Schneetee) - Transferred from de.wikipedia.org. The original description page was here. All following user names refer to de.wikipedia.: 2007-04-28 09:23 . . Schneetee . . 520×543×8 (88291 bytes). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obenbruetn.jpg#/media/File:Obenbruetn.jpg
"Sykora02" by Ladarozan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sykora02.jpg#/media/File:Sykora02.jpg
"Baby blue tit" by N p holmes - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_blue_tit.JPG#/media/File:Baby_blue_tit.JPG
"ParusCaeruleusBathing" by Maximilian Dorsch - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ParusCaeruleusBathing.jpg#/media/File:ParusCaeruleusBathing.jpg
"Blue Tit Grönvold" by Henrik Grönvold - Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Order Passeres, vol. I, plate 42. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Tit_Gr%C3%B6nvold.jpg#/media/File:Blue_Tit_Gr%C3%B6nvold.jpg
