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Parus ater

(Coal Tit)

Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Zwarte Mees

Common Names in English:

Coal Tit

Common Names in French:

Mésange Noire

Common Names in German:

Tannenmeise

Common Names in Hebrew:

ירגזי שחור

Common Names in Italian:

Cincia Mora

Common Names in Japanese:

ヒガラ

Common Names in Russian:

Московка, Московка (Черная синица), Moskovka

Common Names in Spanish:

Carbonero Garrapinos

Description

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Family Paridae

A large Family of small stocky woodland passerine birds with short stout bills. They nest in holes , and lay white speckled eggs .

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,905 meters (0 to 16,093 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.1Forest - Boreal 1.4Forest - Temperate

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Parus

There are approximately 320 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. (Cyanistes) caeruleus · P. (Cyanistes) cyanus · P. (Pentheres) insignis · P. aemodius · P. afer (Southern Grey Tit) · P. afer afer (Southern Grey Tit) · P. afer barakae · P. afer benguelae · P. afer cinerascens · P. afer thruppi · P. albiventris (White-Breasted Tit) · P. albiventris albiventris · P. albiventris curtus · P. amabilis (Palawan Tit) · P. ater (Coal Tit) · P. ater aemodius · P. ater ater (Coal Tit) · P. ater atlas · P. ater britannicus · P. ater cypriotes · P. ater derjugini · P. ater gaddi · P. ater hibernicus · P. ater insularis · P. ater kuatunensis · P. ater ledouci · P. ater michalowskii · P. ater pekinensis · P. ater phaeonotus · P. ater ptilosus · P. ater rufipectus · P. ater sardus · P. atlas · P. atricapilla · P. atricapillis atricapillus · P. atricapillus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus atricapillus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus bartletti (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus fortuitus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus garrinus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus nevadensis (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus occidentalis (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus practicus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus septentrionalis (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus turneri (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapilus · P. atricristatus · P. atricristatus atricristatus · P. atricristatus dysleptus · P. atricristatus paloduro · P. atricristatus sennetti · P. beavani · P. bicolor (Black-Crested Titmouse) · P. bicolor atricristatus · P. bicolor bicolor (Black-Crested Titmouse) · P. bicolor dysleptus · P. bicolor sennetti · P. bokarensis · P. bokharensis (Turkestan Tit) · P. bokharensis bokharensis (Turkestan Tit) · P. bokharensis turkestanicus · P. borealis · P. borealis forma tischleri Kleinschmidt, 1917 · P. caerulerus · P. caeruleus · P. caeruleus caeruleus · P. caeruleus calamensis · P. caeruleus cyrenaicae · P. caeruleus degener · P. caeruleus forma touraudericus Bacmeister & Kleinschmidt, 1920 · P. caeruleus obscurus · P. caeruleus ogliastrae · P. caeruleus ombriosus · P. caeruleus palmensis · P. caeruleus persicus · P. caeruleus raddei · P. caeruleus teneriffae · P. caeruleus ultramarinus · P. caerulus · P. caroinensis · P. carolinensis (North Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis agilis (Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis atricapilloides (Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis carolinensis (North Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis extimus (Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis impiger (Carolina Chickadee) · P. cinctus (Gray-Headed Chickadee) · P. cinctus cinctus (Gray-Headed Chickadee) · P. cinctus lapponicus · P. cinctus lathami (Siberian Tit) · P. cinerascens · P. cinerascens cinerascens · P. cinereus · P. coeruleus · P. coeruleus balearicus · P. commixtus · P. communis · P. communis jeholicus · P. corsus · P. cristatus (Crested Tit)

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Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = 402.500 meters (1,320.538 feet), Standard Deviation = 200.340 based on 4,904 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-04-25