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Not the most colourful of the Tits, but their lively character makes Coal Tits a personal favourite.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 40D
Aperture Value
f/5.7
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Program
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
700 mm
ISO
100
Metering Mode
Center Weighted Average
Shutter Speed Value
1/80 sec
Date/Time
Mon 28 Feb 2011 03:33:35 PM EST
English Coal Tit
Scientific (Periparus ater)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Paridae
Family (English) Tits, Chickadees
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Belgium,Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France, Georgia,Germany,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Ireland,Italy,Japan,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia, Montenegro,Morocco,Myanmar,Nepal,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway,Pakistan,Poland,Portugal, Romania,Russia,San Marino,Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria, Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
britannicus Great Britain and ne Ireland
phaeonotus se Azerbaijan, n Iran, sw Turkmenistan
rufipectus se Kazakhstan to nw China
martensi Kali Gandaki area (c Nepal)
melanolophus e Afghanistan and nw Pakistan to nw Himalayas
aemodius e Himalayas to n Myanmar
pekinensis ec China
insularis s Kuril Is. and Japan
kuatunensis se China
eckodedicatus w China
derjugini ne Turkey to sw Caucasus
michalowskii Caucasus (except sw) and c, e Transcaucasia
hibernicus Ireland (except ne)
ater continental Europe and Asia Minor through Siberia to Kamchatka, Sakhalin Is., Korean Pen., ne China and ne Mongolia
vieirae Iberian Pen.
sardus Corsica and Sardinia
atlas Morocco
ledouci n Algeria and n Tunisia
cypriotes Cyprus
moltchanovi s Crimean Pen.
ptilosus Taiwan
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Tannenmeise
French Mésange noire
Chinese 煤山雀
Japanese ヒガラ
Russian Московка
Spanish Carbonero garrapinos
Portuguese chapim-carvoeiro
Bird Data App text Across its large range the Coal Tit has 22 subspecies, some crested and some without crest.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)