Great Tit
Parus major - Mésange charbonnière
Description identification
Subspecific information 16 subspecies
- Parus major major (mainland Europe to w and sc Siberia, the Caucasus and Asia Minor)
- Parus major newtoni (British Isles)
- Parus major kapustini (se Kazakhstan and nw China to Mongolia and e Siberia)
- Parus major corsus (Portugal, s Spain and Corsica)
- Parus major mallorcae (Balearic Is.)
- Parus major excelsus (nw Africa)
- Parus major ecki (Sardinia)
- Parus major aphrodite (s Italy, s Greece, the Aegean Is. and Cyprus)
- Parus major niethammeri (Crete)
- Parus major terraesanctae (Syria to ne Egypt)
- Parus major karelini (se Azerbaijan and nw Iran)
- Parus major blanfordi (n Iraq, nc and sw Iran)
- Parus major bokharensis (Turkmenistan and n Afghanistan to sc Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan)
- Parus major turkestanicus (se Kazakhstan to sw Mongolia)
- Parus major ferghanensis (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to w China)
- Parus major intermedius (ne Iran and sw Turkmenistan)
Foreign names
- Mésange charbonnière,
- Carbonero común,
- chapim-real,
- Kohlmeise,
- széncinege,
- Koolmees,
- Cinciallegra,
- talgoxe,
- Kjøttmeis,
- sýkorka veľká,
- sýkora koňadra,
- Musvit,
- talitiainen,
- mallerenga carbonera,
- Flotmeisa,
- bogatka (zwyczajna),
- lielā zīlīte,
- velika sinica,
- Большая синица,
- ヨーロッパシジュウカラ,
- 大山雀,
- 大山雀,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate ; Desert : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes