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<p> <em>Parus major</em> Linnaeus, 1758</p>

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  • Great tit

  • Parus major Linnaeus, 1758

  • Paridae

  • The great tit is the largest tit in Portugal, easily identifiable for its colourful plumage. It exhibits a black head with large white spots on its face, blue wings with a white stripe, green back and yellow belly and abdomen with a central black bar, which is wider on the male. The female has a more tenuous colouration than the male. It can measure up to 15 cm long. 

  • Peneda-Gerês National Park

    Douro Internacional Nature Park

    Serra da Estrela Nature Park

    Serra de S. Mamede Nature Park

    S. Jacinto Dunes Nature Reserve

    Arriba Fóssil da Costa da Caparica Protected Landscape

  • Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

    Centro

    Norte

    Alentejo

  • Least Concern

  • The great tit inhabits forest areas, and is frequent on cork and holm woods, chestnut groves, oak and pine woods, riverside bushland, olive groves and gardens. This tit has a varied repertoire throughout the year.

  • All year long

  • The great tit feeds on insects like butterflies and beetles, other invertebrates, seeds and fruits. During the mating season it hunts a very large amount of insects, and because of that the tits fill a very important role on the pest control of forest insects.

  • The Portuguese population of this species is estimated to be between 1 million and 5 million couples.