Great Tit
Parus major
Musvitten er en spurvefugl i mejsefamilien og en meget almindelig ynglestandfugl og ynglestrejffugl i Danmark, både i skov og by. Den regnes for at være Danmarks femtemest almindelige fugl og er også almindelig som træk- og vintergæst fra Skandinavien, Finland og Baltikum.
Field marks
The largest : glossy black head with white cheeks, yellow underparts with a black central stripe (broad in the male, narrow in the female), a greenish back and blue-grey wings with one white wingbar.
Can be confused with
- Eurasian Blue Tit — Blue Tit is smaller with a blue crown, wings and tail and a white face with a thin dark eye-line — no black cap or belly stripe.
- Coal Tit — Coal Tit has a black head but a white nape patch, no yellow, and two white wingbars.
Facts
Wingspan
23 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Relatives
Family
tits
Paridae
Order
passerines
Passeriformes
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