Long-Tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
Aves › Passeriformes › Aegithalidae › Aegithalos
Conservation status: least_concern
The Long-tailed Tit is a tiny, round-bodied bird with an extraordinarily long tail that is often longer than its body, giving it a distinctive silhouette as it flits through trees and shrubs. It has a striking black and white head pattern with peachy-pink flanks and blends in remarkably well when feeding in small, acrobatic flocks among twigs and branches.
How To Identify
Small, rather plump songbirds characterized by a striking blue-grey plumage and an exceptionally long, graduated tail that defines the species.
Habitat
The Long-Tailed Tit lives in woodland edges, hedgerows, and gardens.
Behaviour
The Long-Tailed Tit moves in noisy flocks and its relatives help raise each other's chicks.
Native Range
The long-tailed tit is widespread throughout temperate Northern Europe and the Palearctic region, extending into the boreal Scandinavia and south into the Mediterranean zone.
Did You Know?
Its domed nest is made of lichen, cobwebs and up to 2,000 feathers — perfectly insulated.
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