Fuglequiz
QuizDailyResultsAbout

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

Coal Tit
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England (Wikimedia Commons) · CC-BY-SA-2.0

Sortmejsen er en mejse i ordenen af spurvefugle. Den yngler i Europa og i store dele af Asien.

Field marks

Small with a black head, white cheeks and — the best mark — an elongated white nape-patch; grey back, buff-white underparts with no yellow, and two white . No black belly-stripe.

Can be confused with

  • Great Tit — Great Tit is larger with yellow underparts and a black central stripe down the belly, and lacks the white nape-patch.
  • Eurasian Blue Tit — Blue Tit has a blue crown, wings and tail and yellow underparts — no black cap or white nape-patch.
  • European Crested Tit — Crested Tit has a pointed, speckled crest and lacks the white nape-patch; often with Coal Tit in conifers.

Voice

The song recalls Great Tit but is higher and faster — a repeated "di-dyi, di-dyi", likened to a little bicycle pump; thin "tsee" calls.

Facts

Wingspan

18 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

tits

Paridae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Test yourself in the quiz

This page brings together information from several sources. If you spot a mistake, write to hallo@magnify.dk.

QuizDailyResultsAbout