Great Tit vs Siberian Tit

Parus major compared with Poecile cinctus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Great Tit Siberian Tit
Scientific Name Parus major Poecile cinctus
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Paridae Paridae
Conservation Status Least Concern Least Concern
Length 14.0 cm (5.5 in)
Wingspan 24.0 cm (9.4 in) 13.5 cm (5.3 in)
Weight 18.0 g (0.63 oz) 12.4 g (0.44 oz)
Diet Insects and spiders in summer, seeds and nuts in winter. A frequent and dominant visitor … --
Clutch Size 3-18 6-11
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Tit 14.0 cm
Siberian Tit
Wingspan
Great Tit 24.0 cm
Siberian Tit 13.5 cm
Weight
Great Tit 18.0 g
Siberian Tit 12.4 g
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Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Great Tit only

Siberian Tit only

None

Great Tit

Deciduous and mixed woodland, parks, gardens, and hedgerows. Readily uses nest boxes. Highly adaptable to human environments.

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Tit

Song

A repetitive, teacher-teacher 'tee-cher, tee-cher, tee-cher'. Also gives ringing 'pink-pink' alarm. Highly versatile singer; over 40 song variants recorded from a single male.

Siberian Tit

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Tit

Widespread across Europe and Asia from Britain to Japan, and south to North Africa and Southeast Asia.

Siberian Tit

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

Great Tit

Least Concern

Siberian Tit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Tit

Plumage

Blue-black head with white cheeks. Olive-green back, yellow underparts with a broad black central stripe. White wing bar and blue-grey tail.

Bill

Short, stout, dark bill

Siberian Tit

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About These Birds

Great Tit

The great tit is the largest European tit and one of the most studied wild birds in the world. Research at Wytham Woods in Oxford has monitored great tit populations since the 1940s, contributing enormously to ecology and evolution. These innovative birds famously learned to open milk bottle tops in 20th-century Britain.

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