Species guide
Eurasian Blue Tit: how to recognise it
A bird of Europe and Asia. Learn the marks that make it easy to identify, then practise with real photographs in Lore.
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- Scientific name
- Cyanistes caeruleus
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Size
- About 11–12 cm
- Habitat
- Woodland, parks and gardens, especially with oak
- Found in
- Europe and Asia
The key marks
Small, with a blue cap, white cheeks, a dark eye-stripe and yellow underparts.
Voice
A thin “tsee-tsee-tsu-hu-hu” trill and scolding churrs.
Good to know
In 20th-century Britain, Blue Tits learned to peck open the foil tops of milk bottles to drink the cream.
Where and when
You can expect to find it in woodland, parks and gardens, especially with oak. It is especially common in the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden and Poland. Distribution changes with the seasons and from year to year, so check a recent local observation source before you go looking.