#1243 · 🐦 birds

Sombre Tit

🇳🇱 Rouwmees ·Poecile lugubris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
2. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
3. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
4. © A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Krupa, Croatia:© Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 8802 Sliven, Bulgaria:© StefanVV · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Εορδαία, Ελλάδα:© dimitris kaliakoudas · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Carasova, Romania:© mihai_leu · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Sliven municipality, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The sombre tit ( Poecile lugubris ) is a member of the tit family found in southeast Europe and southwest Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 364iNaturalist observations
weight 16.8 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
364 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 17 g.
Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 (206 years ago).