Willow tit

Willow tit
Subspecies kleinschmidti, Wigan, England
Song recorded near Bryansk, Russia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Poecile
Species:
P. montanus
Binomial name
Poecile montanus
Range of Poecile montanus
  Resident
Synonyms

Parus montanus

In the UK

The willow tit (Poecile montanus) is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and across the Palearctic. The plumage is grey-brown and off-white with a black cap and bib. It is more of a conifer specialist than the closely related marsh tit, which explains it breeding much further north. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Poecile montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155139697A155139155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155139697A155139155.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.