Long-tailed Tit

Unnoticed biodiversity

Identification

Common name: Long-tailed Tit
Latin name: Aegithalos caudatus
Length: 14 cm
Distinguishing features: whitish belly, pinkish flanks, white cap, very long tail
Habitat: woodland
Diet: insects and seeds
Status: remarkable species, Near Threatened in the Ile-de-France region
Nesting period: March to June

Seen in the garden

The Long-tailed Tit is harder to spot than the Blue Tit and Great Tit.

The species was heard in the Grand Couvert during a naturalist survey conducted in winter 2023.

Long-tailed Tit - song then various family calls

Audio

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Did you know?

The Long-tailed Tit, like the other tits in the parks and gardens of Paris, has seen its numbers rise in recent years.
In the 2015–2018 period, between seventy-five and one hundred breeding pairs were recorded in Paris. This increase could be due to improved management practices, including the end of pesticide use.

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