#0691 · 🐦 birds

Crested Tit

🇳🇱 Kuifmees ·Lophophanes cristatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The European crested tit , or simply crested tit ( Lophophanes cristatus ) (formerly Parus cristatus ), is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian peninsula. In Great Britain, it is chiefly restricted to the ancient pinewoods of Inverness and Strathspey in Scotland, and seldom strays far from its haunts. A few vagrant crested...

base stats

NL sightings 175iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,400iNaturalist observations
weight 1.3 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).