Willow tit | |
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Subspecies kleinschmidti, Wigan, England | |
Song recorded near Bryansk, Russia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paridae |
Genus: | Poecile |
Species: | P. montanus
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Binomial name | |
Poecile montanus (Conrad von Baldenstein, 1827)
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Range of Poecile montanus Resident
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Synonyms | |
Parus montanus |
The willow tit (Poecile montanus) is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and across the Palearctic. The plumage is grey-brown and off-white with a black cap and bib. It is more of a conifer specialist than the closely related marsh tit, which explains it breeding much further north. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate.