Marsh Tit
Poecile palustris
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Paridae
About
The marsh tit is a Eurasian passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the willow tit, Père David's and Songar tits. It is a small bird, around 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 12 g (0.42 oz), with a black crown and nape, pale cheeks, brown back and greyish-brown wings and tail. Between 8 and 11 subspecies are recognised. Its close resemblance to the willow tit can cause identification problems, especially in the United Kingdom where the local subspecies of the two are very similar: they were not recognised as separate species until 1897.
Fun Fact
Marsh Tits have such remarkable spatial memory that they can locate individual seeds cached up to 28 days earlier among thousands of possible sites.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Occurs from northern Spain north to south-eastern Scotland and east to western Russia, with a broad gap in western Asia and present again in eastern Asia from the Altai Mountains east to northern Japan and northern and western China.
Diet
Food includes caterpillars, spiders and seeds.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance