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Sunday 25 October 2015

EURASIAN PENDULINE TIT (Male) (Remiz pendulinus) Hortobágy National Park - The Puszta, Hortobágy, Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar megye, Hungary

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The Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) is found in southern and central Europe as well as central and south western Asia. The northern population is migratory and in late autumn, retreats south to spend the winter in the warmer part of its range. It is generally found near fresh water with marginal trees and shrubs. It weaves an elaborate enclosed suspended nest with an angled downward facing tunnel entrance. Food items include a wide variety of small invertebrates and seeds. Text © www.rawbirds.com 

Saturday 12 January 2013

Friday 4 January 2013

CRESTED TIT (Lophophanes cristatus) Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Hajnówka 17-200, Belarus

 
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 The European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) or simply Crested Tit is a small perching bird of the family Paridae which is in the genus Lophophanes. The genus name Lophophanes is from the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and phaino "to show". Its specific name cristatus is Latin for "crested". It has a widespread distribution in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Britain, it is only found in Scotland and even then is confined to the Caledonian forests of Inverness and Strathspey. It is absent from Iceland and Ireland.

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CRESTED TIT (Lophophanes cristatus) Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Hajnówka 17-200, Belarus

 
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 The European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) or simply Crested Tit is a small perching bird of the family Paridae which is in the genus Lophophanes. The genus name Lophophanes is from the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and phaino "to show". Its specific name cristatus is Latin for "crested". It has a widespread distribution in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Britain, it is only found in Scotland and even then is confined to the Caledonian forests of Inverness and Strathspey. It is absent from Iceland and Ireland.

Sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_crested_tit

Monday 31 December 2012

AZURE TIT (Cyanistes cyanus) Lelchitsy District, Belarus

 
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The Azure Tit (Paridae) is of the family Paridae which is in the genus Cyanistes.