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Azure Tit

🇳🇱 Azuurmees ·Cyanistes cyanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Azure Tit, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The azure tit ( Cyanistes cyanus ) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia and central Asia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,622iNaturalist observations
  • 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 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,622 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1770 (256 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Azure Tit
Nederlands
Azuurmees
scientific name
Cyanistes cyanus
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Paridae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
1
sightings in Europe
393
sightings worldwide
4,622
GBIF records in NL
544
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1770 by Peter Simon Pallas

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Paridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 144851, Wikidata Q499283, GBIF 2487877, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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