European Robin vs Great Tit

Erithacus rubecula 对比 Parus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 European Robin Great Tit
学名 Erithacus rubecula Parus major
Passeriformes Passeriformes
Muscicapidae Paridae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长 14.0 cm (5.5 in) 14.0 cm (5.5 in)
翼展 21.0 cm (8.3 in) 24.0 cm (9.4 in)
体重 18.0 g (0.63 oz) 18.0 g (0.63 oz)
食性 Insects, worms, and berries. Often follows gardeners and large animals to catch invertebrates disturbed from … Insects and spiders in summer, seeds and nuts in winter. A frequent and dominant visitor …
产卵数 4-7 3-18
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
European Robin 14.0 cm
Great Tit 14.0 cm
翼展
European Robin 21.0 cm
Great Tit 24.0 cm
体重
European Robin 18.0 g
Great Tit 18.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

European Robin only

Great Tit only

European Robin

Woodlands, hedgerows, parks, and gardens across Europe. Remarkably tame around humans, especially in Britain.

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

European Robin

鸣唱

Exquisite, melancholic melody of thin whistled phrases, rising and falling softly. Rich, warbling song year-round; both sexes sing. Alarm call is a sharp 'tic-tic-tic'.

Great Tit

鸣唱

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

European Robin

Europe, western Asia, and parts of North Africa. Northern populations migrate south in winter; western European populations are largely resident.

Great Tit

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

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保护状况

Least Concern

European Robin

Least Concern

Great Tit

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How to Tell Them Apart

European Robin

羽毛

Olive-brown upperparts with a warm orange-red breast and face bordered by grey. White belly and undertail coverts.

Thin, pointed dark brown bill

Great Tit

羽毛

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

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About These Birds

European Robin

英国的非官方国鸟。尽管外表亲切,却极具领地意识。全年鸣唱。

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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