Lapland tit
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Lapland tit (Poecile cinctus) |
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The Lapland tit ( Poecile cinctus , Syn .: Parus cinctus ) is a songbird from the tit family .
features
It grows to about 12 to 13.5 centimeters. The Lapland tit has a gray-brown head plate and a light gray back. Their beak is black, as are the tail plumage and throat area. The chest and the area below the eyes, on the other hand, are white. In contrast to most tits, their markings appear washed out and their habitus fluffy. The brownish headstock makes it easy to distinguish it from the swamp tit and the willow tit . Their voice is similar to that of the willow tit, including a long “dih” that is repeated four to five times.
Occurrence
The Lapland tit lives in coniferous forests, alluvial forests and mixed forests, but especially birch forests or coniferous forests mixed with birch trees. It inhabits northern Norway, Sweden and Finland, the Kola peninsula and the northern part of Russia to Alaska.
food
In summer it feeds mainly on insects and spiders, in autumn and winter it also feeds on oil-containing seeds, especially conifers.
Breeding behavior
It nests in old woodpecker holes or prepared caves in soft dead tree trunks.
literature
- Roger Peterson, Guy Montfort, PAD Hollom: The Birds of Europe. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg and Berlin, 9th edition July 1970, ISBN 3-490-05518-7
Web links
- Poecile cinctus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2014.