#0725 · 🐦 birds

Coal Tit

🇳🇱 Zwarte mees ·Periparus ater

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Luiz Lapa · CC BY 4.0
2. © In Memoriam: Mark Kilner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Leonid · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © yury-redkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © Юрій Бенгус · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jonny Andrews · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Aviceda · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The coal tit ( Periparus ater ) is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate to subtropical Eurasia and northern Africa. The black-crested tit is now usually included in this species.

base stats

NL sightings 93iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 48,743iNaturalist observations
weight 1 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).