Stats

Lifespan: 2-3 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Europe
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Flight
Status: Common

About

A tiny, acrobatic songbird common in gardens and woodlands across Europe and western Asia, easily spotted by its sky-blue cap and wings against yellow underparts. Blue tits see ultraviolet light, and their crown feathers reflect UV patterns invisible to humans that help them judge a potential mate's fitness.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Cyanistes
Species: Cyanistes caeruleus