Parus major - great tit

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Geographic Range	it is found in Europe, in north-western Africa, in big islands in the Mediterranean Sea, in Turkey, in the Caucasian area, in part of the Middle East.
Physical Characteristics	its cap, its throat and the stripe crossing the abdomen are black. That stripe is larger in the male than in the female. The rest of the head is white, whereas the body is yellow or yellow-green.
Call	the male is very noisy, most of all when it is busy delimiting its territory or attracting a female. The call is made of 2-3 repeated syllables.
Behaviour	it is a gregarious bird.
Habitat	woods, gardens and so on.
Flight	it performs acrobatic flight.
Food habits	insects, spiders, seeds, fruit (most of all the fruit of the beech).
Nidification	the nest is built inside the holes of the trees, made up of moss feathers and plumes. The female is in charge with nest building from the beginning of the spring. It may lay from 3 to 18 eggs most of all in April-June. The incubation lasts 13-14 days and both parents look after their young until they are completely covered with feathers for at least another 40 days after their birth.

Sources
References	Oiseaux.net Eurobirding Verde Cammina - Associazione Guide ai Parchi Naturali
Web References	http://www.oiseaux.net/ http://www.eurobirding.co.uk/ http://digilander.iol.it/verdecammina
Source of the photo	http://animalpicturesarchive.com/
Source of the call	http://mcssz-hungarnet.cserkesz.hu/%7Eszazs/madarhang/
Source of the video	http://www.hbw.com/ibc/