Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Chickadees and Tits :: Great Tit

Great Tit Parus major

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Cinereous Tit, Japanese Tit, Gray Tit, Grey Tit
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Karuizawa, Nagano-ken, Japan - May 13, 2001 © William Hull  Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Feb 12, 2002 © William Hull  Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Mar 21, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

Palearctic region and Oriental region;
(1) British Isles.
(2) Europe from Scandinavia across nw. and c. Russia, n. and e. Kazakhstan to c. and s. Siberia s. of the Arctic Circle and Amurland, Ussuriland, Sakhalin Is. and Kuril Is. S. to n. Mediterranean region, Turkey, and Middle East in nw. Afghanistan, n. Mongolia, nw. and ne. China (nw. Sinkiang and nw. Heilungkiang).
(3) Nw. Africa.
(4) Portugal, s. Spain, and Corsica.
(5) Balearic Is.
(6) Sardinia.
(7) Crete.
(8) S. Italy, s. Greece, Aegean Is., and Cyprus.
(9) Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Syria.
(10) Se. Azerbaijan and nw. Iran.
(11) Nc. and sw. Iran.
(12) Ne. Iran.
(13) Nw. Himalayas of n. Pakistan and nw. India.
(14) Ne. Afghanistan and nw. Pakistan.
(15) C. and s. Afghanistan and w. Pakistan (n. Baluchistan).
(16) Sw. India and Sri Lanka.
(17) W. c. and se. India.
(18) Nw. and n. India (Assam), Nepal, w. and c. Burma.
(19) Ne. India (e. Assam).
(20) W. and c. Thailand and s. Indochina.
(21) S. and e. China, n. Vietnam, and Taiwan.
(22) S. Ryukyu Is. (Ishigaki, Iriomote).
(23) Hainan Is.
(24) Se. Burma, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
(25) Nw. Borneo (w. Sarawak).
(26) Java and the Lesser Sundas e. to Alor and Sumba.
(27) Se. Tibet (Xizang), n. Burma, and sw. China (e. Qinghai and w. Sichuan).
(28) E. Burma, n. Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
(29) Nc. and ne. China w. to e. Tsinghai, Szechwan, and Yunnan, Russian Far East, Korea, s. Sakhalin Is., s. Kuril Is., Japan s. to n. Kyushu.
(30) Japan (s. Kyushu and Goto Is.).
(31) Korea (Dagelet Is. (Ullung-do Is.).
(32) N. Ryukyu Is. (Amani O-shima, and Tokunoshima).
(33) C. Ryukyu Is. (Okinawa).

Videos

Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Feb 12, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is hopping from branch to branch.

Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Feb 12, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is perched and then takes flight.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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