Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
Halemejsen er en 14 centimeter lang spurvefugl, der er almindelig som standfugl i Danmark, bortset fra i Vest- og Nordjylland. Den er i øvrigt udbredt i det meste af resten Europa og Asien.
Tiny and round of body — but with a very long, narrow tail making up about half the bird. Black, white and pink and a minute bill; the northern race has an all-white head.
Plumage and variation
Male and female: Sexes alike.
Juvenile: Juvenile shows a broad, diffuse dark eyestripe in place of the adult pattern.
Voice
Fine, high "pit" calls, a triple "eez-eez-eez" and a rattling "schnuur" — faster and louder when the flock crosses open ground or a bird gets separated.
Behaviour
Outside the breeding season always in small, tight flocks of around a dozen, working through the branches for small insects and spiders. The nest is a sphere with a side hole, lined with down and camouflaged with lichen.
When and where
A common resident in most of Denmark, though scarce towards the west and north. Keeps to deciduous and mixed woods, especially damp forest, and roams in flocks in winter.
Facts
Wingspan
18 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Relatives
Family
long-tailed tits
Aegithalidae
Order
passerines
Passeriformes
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