European Goldfinch vs Great Tit
Carduelis carduelis 比較対象 Parus major
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 属性 | European Goldfinch | Great Tit |
|---|---|---|
| 学名 | Carduelis carduelis | Parus major |
| 目 | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| 科 | Fringillidae | Paridae |
| 保全状況 | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 体長 | 13.0 cm (5.1 in) | 14.0 cm (5.5 in) |
| 翼開長 | 23.0 cm (9.1 in) | 24.0 cm (9.4 in) |
| 体重 | 16.0 g (0.56 oz) | 18.0 g (0.63 oz) |
| 食性 | Seeds, especially thistle (Carduus) and teasel seeds, extracted with its precise tweezer-like bill. Also takes … | Insects and spiders in summer, seeds and nuts in winter. A frequent and dominant visitor … |
| 一腹卵数 | 4-6 | 3-18 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
European Goldfinch
Open woodland, orchards, gardens, parks, and weedy fields with seed-bearing plants. Common at garden bird feeders.
Great Tit
Deciduous and mixed woodland, parks, gardens, and hedgerows. Readily uses nest boxes. Highly adaptable to human environments.
Song & Call Comparison
European Goldfinch
A liquid, tinkling 'swit-swit-swit' in flight and a melodic twittering song. Flocks produce a bright jingling chorus. Male song is a sweet repetitive warble incorporating the flight call.
Great Tit
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.
Geographic Range & Migration
European Goldfinch
Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. Introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and parts of South America.
Great Tit
Widespread across Europe and Asia from Britain to Japan, and south to North Africa and Southeast Asia.
保全状況
European Goldfinch
Great Tit
How to Tell Them Apart
European Goldfinch
Crimson red face with white cheeks and a black crown. Sandy-brown back with a bright yellow wing bar visible in flight. Black and white tail.
Slender, pointed, ivory-pink bill adapted for extracting seeds from thistles
Great Tit
Blue-black head with white cheeks. Olive-green back, yellow underparts with a broad black central stripe. White wing bar and blue-grey tail.
Short, stout, dark bill
About These Birds
European Goldfinch
ルネサンス絵画に頻繁に描かれたヒワで、「チャーム」（魅力）と呼ばれる群れを形成する。
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.