#0557 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Blue Tit

🇳🇱 Pimpelmees ·Cyanistes caeruleus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © rorygardner79 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bengt Nyman · CC BY 4.0
4. © Philippe Rouzet · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © hedera.baltica · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Philippe Rouzet · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © pete beard · CC BY 4.0
8. © Philippe Rouzet · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Eurasian blue tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus ) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is easily recognisable by its blue and yellow plumage and small size.

base stats

NL sightings 2,368iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 169,351iNaturalist observations
weight 11.8 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 2,368 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the birds in NL.
169,351 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 12 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).