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A bird with black and white plumage. Birds of Russia. Names, types and descriptions of birds. Guiana cock of the rock




Have you ever seen a bird wearing a blue apron? If yes, then you have met the inhabitant of our Russian expanses - the bluethroat bird. In fact, she was nicknamed differently for her remarkable appearance: blueneck, dawn, blue tit, bluebreast. And so - bluethroat - a bird in a blue “bib”.

Scientifically, the bluethroat is called Luscinia svecica, which means Swedish nightingale. This vocal bird was assigned by scientists to the order of passeriformes, the family of thrushes, and the genus of nightingales.

Why did the blue-breasted bird get the name bluethroat in Russian? It is believed that this “name” comes from the word “varakat”, that is, to chat in vain. So what happens - this bird likes to “talk”? Let's find out...

What does a bird look like wearing a blue bib?

This bird grows up to 15 centimeters in length. Males and females are almost the same size. Weight of males: from 15 to 23 grams, females: from 13 to 21 grams.

The color of the bird stands out due to the bright blue spot in the chest area and the red plumage in the uppertail area. But it is worth noting that this distinctive feature is characteristic only of male bluethroats. Females are colored quite inconspicuously. In males, the back is brown or grayish-brown in color. Female bluethroats in the chest and throat area are colored in light colors, the rest of the feathers are brown. The paws of bluethroats have a dark tint, the beak is black and small in size.

What parts of our planet are inhabited by populations of bluethroats?

These are quite common birds. They live in Central and Northern Asia, Northern Europe. In our country, this bird can be found almost throughout the entire territory. In the cold season, bluethroats fly to the countries of North Africa, Southern China and India for the winter.

Lifestyle and behavior in nature

Among their natural habitats, bluethroats prefer stream valleys, river openings, ravine slopes, and lake shores. The main condition for comfortable living is damp places covered with dense vegetation. In addition, bluethroats can be found in the forest-tundra zone and sparse forests. Birds build their nests on the ground.


The bluethroat is an elegant songbird.

Around mid-August, these birds begin to fly to warmer climes for the winter. It is worth noting that bluethroats are solitary birds. They even fly not in flocks, but one at a time. During seasonal migrations, the bluethroat does not fly too high from the surface of the earth, but is able to cover a very long distance in a day - about 100 kilometers!

What do blue-breasted birds eat?

The main food for the bluethroat is insects: ants and their larvae. All the winged six-legged cockroaches will certainly end up on the “dinner table” of the bluethroat bird.


Insects are the main food source for bluethroats.

In addition, the bird eats small worms and also eats a variety of berries.

How bluethroats reproduce

The beginning of the mating season is marked by the loud cry of male bluethroats. Males, like nightingales, sing wondrous trills, attracting females to create a family nest. Males also show off their chest decoration, which is also one of the components of the mating ritual.


Having built a nest, the female bluethroat lays 4 to 7 eggs. The incubation period lasts about two weeks. After this period of time, small chatter birds are born. For about 13 days, the young generation sits in the nest, all this time the parents intensively feed the babies so that they grow up and get stronger as quickly as possible. Two weeks after birth, bluethroat chicks are already jumping out of the nest, although they do not yet know how to fly. They walk nearby with their parents and learn from them the basics of independent living.

There are many varieties of birds, so it is impossible to remember them all. But there is a group of birds that most often make their nests next to humans. Hollow-nesting birds settle in hollows and you can easily attract them to your garden plot. Birds settle in hollows hollowed out by woodpeckers or build their nests in wood and roots that have peeled off due to dryness.

Most of all representatives of the order Passeriformes and it includes the following families:

  • lark;
  • warblers;
  • wagtails;
  • blackbirds;
  • swallowtails;
  • Accentorids;
  • sutorov;
  • Waxwings;
  • kinglets;
  • dipper;
  • rezovye
  • pikas;
  • wrens;
  • sutorov;
  • passerines;
  • tit;
  • starlings;
  • flycatchers;
  • finches;
  • orioles;
  • oatmeal;
  • corvids;
  • rezovye.

Starling family

Common starling has black plumage, but with a slight metallic tint, but the wings and tail are brown. With the onset of autumn, white spots appear on its feathers. Usually these starlings like to settle near villages, closer to people. Nests are made in hollows or birdhouses. Their eggs laid in mid-spring are bluish in color. The starling feeds on insects, especially those that harm vegetable gardens and orchards, so they are good for the harvest.

Pastor has wings, tail, head and neck black, but his chest is pink. Juveniles have slightly lighter plumage, and the adult bird can be distinguished by the crest on its head. The pink starling is considered migratory bird and lives in the south of Russia. Nests are made on empty rocks or in crevices of cliffs. This bird is a good destroyer of locusts and other pests.

Passerine family

House sparrow has unequal plumage. The male's head is gray, and from the throat to the lower part of the chest it is black, the rest of the chest is white. But the female has brownish plumage and is much lighter below than above. The bird lives throughout the forest zone of Russia and settles near villages and hamlets in birdhouses, under the roofs of houses or in crevices of various buildings.

Great tit belongs to the passerine order and is considered the largest of all tits. This bird with a yellow breast also has black stripes, but the wings and tail are blue, and the back is green, with a white spot on the cheeks and back of the head. The color, of course, is beautiful and it is quite rare to see it, because it lives in most of Russia, but it settles in the thickets of rivers and builds a nest in a hollow. Her eggs are white with red-brown spots. It feeds on food and looks for it in trees and bushes.

Tufted tit another name for a grenadier. The bird got this name because of its crest. It is black and white in color and has a pointed end. The plumage of the bird itself is grayish-brown, but the neck is black. This bird lives in pine forests in winter, looking for food in home gardens. Eats spiders and insects, prefers weevils and click beetles. They make nests in hollows with a small hole, and they find these hollows low near the ground.

Blackbird has a bright black plumage, but its beak and eyelids are orange, while in females the beak is darker. The blackbird lives in deciduous forests, gardens and parks. The nest is made on the ground or bushes, less often on horizontal branches, but at the same time low almost above the ground. The blackbird sings well and while singing the male can sit motionless at the very top of the tree.

White-throated Thrush differs from the blackbird in the presence of a large white spot on the crop, which resembles a crescent. The color is lighter; the male may have brown-black plumage. Young females have the same color, but with light wings and no spot on the crop. The bird lives in the upper part of the forest in the bushes. The nest is also built on the ground or bush.

The bluethroat also belongs to the passerine order. Bluethroat from the thrush family has a blue breast and somewhat resembles a nightingale. They are small and nimble, making it difficult for humans to notice. In April, they fly to Russia from warm regions and live in thickets of willow, alder and sedge. And there must be water near their nest. The plumage color of females and males is very different. Most often, in females it is modest and inconspicuous, but during the mating season in males the color becomes bright. The bluethroat sings well and imitates the singing of other birds.

Finch family

yellow finch belongs to the order Passeriformes and is distinguished by its bright yellow color, especially in males. Only the wings and tail lack yellow color. The finch lives in coniferous forests, and can also be found in continental mountains. The nest is made on the branches of coniferous trees or bushes. It feeds on grains that it finds on bushes, among grass and on trees.

Finch It is the same size as a sparrow and belongs to the order Passeriformes. This red-breasted bird has black wings with white stripes. The female has a slightly different color. Lives in forests with different landscapes. The finch can be found both in coniferous and broad-leaved forests. The nest is built on trees or bushes, and the finches make it from different materials.

Another bird with a red breast - this is an ordinary bullfinch. The bird is one of the large representatives of the finch family. The species is migratory; they most often live in the southern regions. The bullfinch builds nests in forests and city parks, mainly on coniferous and broad-leaved trees.

Lark family

Little Woodlark belongs to the order Passeriformes and is distinguished by brown body plumage with black speckles, the underside is white, and there are dark streaks on the chest. This is a migratory bird species. It makes nests on grassy slopes with woody vegetation, on the edges of forests or olive groves. The nest is built on the ground in the grass so that it is not visible. The material for the nest is chosen to be rough. The wood lark feeds on invertebrate insects, which is why it differs from other larks.

Unusual birds

Unusual birds include blue-footed booby, which belongs to the gannet family and is considered a purely seabird. They live only in the vast expanses of warm seas in the coastal zone. They are distinguished by their unusual color. Their wing plumage is brown, their tail is black, their neck is brown with white streaks, and their chest is white. The gannet also has a gray-blue beak. And the most striking feature is the bright blue or turquoise colored legs. Birds are carnivores, so their diet consists of fish that they themselves catch in the sea.

Bottom line

All birds of the passerine order have common similarities:

  • small size;
  • living in forests or parks and country gardens;
  • prefer to build nests low above the ground or in dense grass;
  • many individuals prefer to live in birdhouses;
  • most often have black, brown or gray plumage.

The waxwing is a small bird, but quite bright. This feathered creature received its name due to the characteristic whistle that it makes. Only 8 species of birds can fully belong to the waxwing family. The most common species are silken and true waxwings, as well as shrikes. These feathered creatures are small in size, which is why they have never been actively hunted.

Waxwing is a small bird, but quite bright

Not all people know what this bird looks like. However, often, when they gather in large flocks, they become real pests, eating berries grown by people. For example, the American waxwing is a real threat to blueberry plantations. Birds often cannot swallow particularly large fruits, so after several attempts they simply throw them on the ground. They cause enormous damage to the farm, so farmers often resort to poisons, which can cause the death of a large number of these creatures.

The body length of these amazing feathered creatures is about 19-23 cm. Their body weight varies from 60 to 68 cm. The tail is short. The wingspan reaches 36 cm. The legs of waxwings are quite short. This allows birds to hide them from the cold in warm plumage. Fingers are very tenacious. The body is very dense and knitted. The head is supported on a large neck. The bird's plumage fits tightly to the body. This structure allows waxwings to survive even in extreme cold. Among other things, they are excellent flyers, capable of performing the most incredible maneuvers in the air.

The description of most species of these birds is approximately the same, with the exception of the black variety. The common waxwing looks colorful. The birds have a bright red-brown crest on their heads. From the temple area along the eye and up to the bridge of the nose stretches a kind of black mask, which is only slightly bordered on the sides by a white stripe. The bird's beak is short and black. The iris of the eye is dark in color, so from the outside it may seem that the bird is wearing a mask. The remaining part of the head, throat and back are covered with bright red-brown plumage. The top of the back is gray-brown, the tail part is gray. The bird's belly is light beige. The plumage in the area of ​​the uppertail is white.

The flight feathers on the wings are black and gray in color, but they have several bright red spots. Some species of waxwings have a black collar under the breast, and the tip of the tail is yellow with black stripes. There are also bright spots on the wings. The plumage of such individuals is grayer. Black waxwings differ significantly from their relatives. Only females of this species have light gray plumage. Males are distinguished by their coal-black color. The crest of birds always stands straight. The overall gloomy appearance is complemented by bright red eyes.

Waxwings - jugglers (video)

Gallery: waxwing bird (25 photos)













Distribution and migration area of ​​waxwings

The main habitat and nesting place of these feathered creatures is the zone of taiga forests and forest-tundras of the northern hemisphere. Thus, they are common in Eurasia and North America. In spring and summer they live in the northernmost latitudes, where they can find the required amount of food. The waxwing is a migratory bird. However, winters in this region are so severe that these birds are forced to migrate to more southern regions, where the temperature drops low, but is not critical for these creatures. Usually at the end of December, waxwings arrive in central Russia, and also appear on the outskirts of cities in central Europe.

In winter, the American waxwing migrates to the central part of the continent. They do not migrate to more southern areas. Waxwings do not visit certain places every year. It remains to be seen how they know where there is a lot of food waiting for them, or whether they have a kind of sense that allows them to accurately determine this. They always appear where the harvest of various berries is large and can feed them for a long time. When the food supply in one area is depleted, they can rise on the wing again and look for more favorable terrain.

How do waxwings live in nature?

These migratory birds prefer a flocking lifestyle. Typically, a group of waxwings includes more than 50 individuals. Particularly large flocks number about 150 thousand individuals. These feathered creatures, forced to roam to escape the cold, constantly change their diet. In the summer, when they are breeding, they feed mainly on food of animal origin in the rich taiga forests.

Their favorite dishes are:

  • butterflies;
  • dragonflies;
  • larvae;
  • beetles;
  • mosquitoes

Their excellent aerodynamic properties allow them to catch insects in flight. Waxwings are characterized by increased gluttony, so during the nesting period they can destroy an incredible number of forest pests. In winter, this bird switches to plant food. She prefers berries of all kinds.

Even despite severe cold, they linger in diets that contain a large number of seeds and berries of plants such as:

  • viburnum;
  • barberry;
  • rose hip;
  • Rowan;
  • juniper;
  • mulberry;
  • lilac;
  • mistletoe;
  • cowberry;
  • buckthorn;
  • bird cherry;
  • privet;
  • hawthorn.

In early spring and autumn, birds living on such a diet may not behave quite adequately. Drunken waxwings are already a well-studied phenomenon. The thing is that they consume huge quantities of berries, in which, at a certain ambient temperature, a fermentation process is observed.

Thus, in the shortest possible time, waxwings can consume quite a lot of alcohol contained in the berries to get a little drunk. This condition is extremely dangerous for birds, as they can crash into various objects, causing injury. In some cases, this leads to the death of birds. In addition, this greatly worries people, because often these feathered creatures crash into houses.

The waxwing bird provides a significant service to many plants, as it facilitates the dispersal of seeds. These creatures have an increased metabolic rate, so they are forced to consume significant amounts of berries. After digestion, the seeds remain intact. Having passed through the intestines of the bird, they are sown at a considerable distance from the mother plant. After this treatment it is much easier for them to ascend.

Waxwing - a beautiful migratory bird (video)

Reproduction of waxwings in nature

Waxwings form pairs in winter. Having found a partner, the birds stay close and thus migrate to their nesting sites. Upon arrival, the pairs separate from the flock and look for a suitable place. Tall old spruce trees are best suited for home improvement. Typically, the nests of these birds are located at a height of 10-13 m. At this time, the waxwing begins to really sing. At this time, the sounds that the birds make resemble a pipe. Not all people manage to hear this bird with a crest sing.

Only at the beginning of summer do waxwings begin to build a nest. They are looking for a suitable place, hidden in the wilderness, to create a safe shelter for the children. Typically, the nests of these birds are spherical in shape. This is extremely important, since even in summer very cold rains occur here, which can cause the death of young animals.

Typically, waxwing nests are built from small flexible twigs, blades of grass and other suitable materials. The inside of the house is additionally covered with moss. The finished structure is very strong. Next, the female begins to lay eggs. Usually their number varies from 4 to 6 pieces. They have a delicate blue shell color. Next, the female incubates the eggs. The male does not participate in the incubation process, but at the same time brings food to his partner.

The chicks appear after 2 weeks. In the first days, the female can leave them only for a short time, as they need additional warmth. Then both parents look for food for their offspring. With enough food, the chicks quickly grow stronger and after 2 weeks begin to leave the nest. At the same time, they still need the care of their parents, so they stay close to them. By winter, the young animals become completely independent and, along with adults, go on a long migration to regions with a milder climate. Typically, chicks reach sexual maturity only at one year of age. The lifespan of waxwings in their natural habitat is approximately 10-13 years.

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Many people know a small black bird with a bright red tail, which it constantly swings, living in gardens and parks. For its bright tail, noticeable from afar, it received the name redstart. And if the males of this bird are very noticeable - they are dark, and the tail is bright red, then the females and young birds are not so conspicuous. They are brownish-gray in color, with a lighter belly and throat. But they also have a characteristic distinguishing feature - a red, swaying tail.

First, a short video with the characteristic cry (not song!) of a redstart. He sits on a branch swaying from the wind, shaking his tail and emitting a characteristic cry - “fuit-tik-tik-tik”:

The most famous and widespread in our country is the common redstart (also known as the garden redstart, the bald redstart). This small bird, smaller than a sparrow, is a bird of the flycatcher family with a bright red tail, which it often twitches. As a result, the red spot becomes clearly visible against the background of the bird’s gray back and brown wings and resembles a flaring coal. Other external characteristics of this bird: males have red entire underparts, the sides of the head and throat are black, and the forehead is white (hence the name coot). Females are light brown, darker above, with brown wings. Juveniles are brown with dark streaks. The main identifying mark - an orange-red tail - is present in both males, females, and young birds.

The red, “burning” tail of the bird became the reason for its Russian name. The fiery tail was also noted by Carl Linnaeus, who in 1758 described the redstart under the Latin name Phoenicurus phoenicurus, which can be translated as “Phoenix tail”. Phoenix, we recall, according to ancient legend, burned in fire and was reborn again, and the Greek word οὐρά means tail.

In English, the redstart is called redstart. The word start in this case goes back to Middle English stert and Old English steort "tail". It has nothing to do with the word start, meaning “to begin” (from the Old English styrtan “to jump up”). The red tail of the bird caught the eye of other peoples. Therefore, in many languages, the name redstart means “red tail” (Italian codirosso, Swedish rödstjärt, Greek κοκκινούρης, Danish rødstjert, Belarusian orestart). In Spanish, the redstart also has a name, abanico, which literally means “fan.” Apparently, the attentive Spaniards noticed how the male redstart periodically opens its tail, like a fan. The Finnish name for the redstart is leppälintu "alder bird". The Romanians call it codraş, which can be translated as “forester”, but they also know the name coadă-roşie “red tail”.

The redstart lives in deciduous forests, often in gardens and parks. She makes nests in hollows, stumps, and sometimes even on the ground under bushes. The redstart also settles in niches of human buildings, even in woodpiles. Usually the redstart stays low, on tree branches, on bushes, and flies to the ground, where it looks for food. However, a singing male can also occupy a place at the top of a tree.

An expert in bird song, Ivan Shamov, wrote about the redstart: “In April, as soon as the gardens begin to dry out after the spring thaw, the redstart is already here, flying from distant countries to its nesting places, year after year finding its corner without error, and from an early in the morning, as soon as a strip of light appears in the east, the bird fills the garden with its modest, characteristic song; in the month of May her song does not stop even at night. To the ear it seems to come out with the words: fi! re-re-re-re, bloom-bloom!... this is invariably repeated in one plane, but it is remarkable that the redstart almost never puts the same ending in its song, but every time a new one. And this makes the bird very entertaining; you always listen with pleasure and try to figure out what the ending will be. Usually it consists of the calls of different birds. In addition to this song of the redstart, the reader has undoubtedly heard its characteristic call: howl! whit!, which she repeats loudly and for a long time, especially before bad weather, and when she is worried about something, she shouts: whit-te-tek! (“Our Songbirds”, 1910).

People are accustomed to hearing meaningful words and phrases in the singing and cries of many birds. For example, it was believed that the lapwing asked: “Whose are you?” Whose are you?” and the lentil: “Did you see Vitya? Have you seen Nikita?” The singing of the redstart has not escaped such folk interpretation. The peasants of the Smolensk province believed that the redstart was boasting: “I was in St. Petersburg, I was in St. Petersburg... I saw Peter, I saw Peter.”

The redstart feeds on insects. The bird looks for them on the ground and on branches, and can catch them in flight. Ornithologist A. N. Promptov calculated in 1940 that a redstart feeding chicks brought food to the nest 469 times per day. Redstarts hunt both flying insects and caterpillars. The diameter of the hunting area reaches 200 – 300 meters. At the end of summer, the redstart adds berries to its diet.

The summer home of the common redstart can be in large gardens, at the edge of the forest, or in fields. These birds make nests in the hollows of old trees. Common redstarts most often feed their chicks with insect pests, which is why gardeners and gardeners love them so much.

Pairs of redstarts often persist for several years. Males return to nesting sites earlier than females. They are looking for a place for a nest: usually it is a hollow or a pile of dead wood. Having found a place, they invite females without moving away from the site: after all, they can take the place. There is another way to attract a female - climb into a hollow and stick out your “flaming” tail. The female looks for a male and flies into the hollow. After the appearance of a partner, the male immediately begins mating games. When the female approaches the future nest, the male begins to sing a song and bows his head, showing his white forehead, and spins around his axis. After this, the birds mate and together line the hollow with dry grass, bark and moss. At the final stage, the “children’s room” is insulated with down and wool. The female lays 6-7 eggs and incubates them for two weeks, leaving the nest from time to time to satisfy her hunger. Both birds bring food to the chicks that hatch two weeks later.

The male redstart's responsibilities also include keeping the nest clean during the first days after the chicks hatch. The male carries baby excrement out in his beak. 2 weeks after birth, the chicks learn to fly. However, even when the female incubates the second clutch, the male continues to care for the chicks from the first brood. After the birth of chicks from the second clutch, the older chicks begin an independent life.

In Europe, the redstart lives in light mixed forests, and in Africa and Asia Minor it also inhabits mountain forests. She leaves rocky places and rocks near mountain meadows to a close relative - the black redstart.

In some gardens both species of these birds coexist. Among the redstart's favorite places to live are old parks and alleys, where there are many old hollow trees. In Berlin, redstarts have colonized city parks, gardens and cemeteries. Nowadays, urban populations of redstarts exceed those in suburban forests. At the end of August, redstarts begin to prepare to fly to warm Africa. The winter is spent in countries located south of the Sahara.

Redstarts feed on a variety of insects and spiders, which they find on the ground, on tree trunks, branches and leaves. Occasionally, birds catch insects in the air, looking for prey from ambush.

The redstart is in no hurry to eat the caught prey - first it takes it to a safe place. It stuns large insects, such as beetles, in advance by hitting the ground, and tears off the legs of grasshoppers. In addition to caterpillars, ants, small mollusks and centipedes, the bird eats berries and fruits. Small chicks are able to swallow only crushed food, so adult birds first crush the caught insects and only then give them to the chicks.

Gluttonous chicks often bring their parents to complete physical exhaustion, because the birds fly to the nest up to 500 times a day, each time bringing food to the chicks in their beaks.

The redstart often nests next to a nuthatch or tit. She willingly lays eggs in specially prepared nesting houses. The higher its house is located in the garden, the greater the chances of successful breeding of the bird, of course, provided that there is a sufficient amount of food in the area. Gardeners rejoice when these insectivorous birds appear in their gardens. The “friendship” of people with the redstart brings them great benefits. After all, the bird rids gardens of various insect pests: grasshopper beetles, bedbugs, caterpillars, leaf beetles and mosquitoes.

Interesting facts about redstarts:

  • Redstarts, like wagtails, swing their tails up and down.
  • The common redstart can attack its reflection when it sees it, for example, in the glass of a window.
  • The male hunts prey in flight, while the female looks for food on the surface of the ground.
  • The name of this bird indicates that it has a brightly colored tail. It “burns”, because the tail feathers are fiery in color.
  • It is in the redstart's nest that the cuckoo most often leaves its eggs. Redstarts care for cuckoo chicks as if they were their own chicks.

There are several more representatives of the redstart genus on the territory of Russia. The Siberian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) lives in eastern Siberia. In the Altai, Sayan and Tien Shan mountains there are grey-headed redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala), red-backed redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus) and red-bellied redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus). The last of these species can also be found in the Caucasus.

On this page I have collected photos of birds similar to tits. For what? It often happens that a bird has settled on the site, sings in the morning, pleases with its singing, but what its name is “only God knows.” So we come up with our own nicknames for them, and even more often we saw the blue color in the plumage and called them titmice, but in fact, only a few titmice have blue in their color.

Tit and Robin

Perhaps it will be useful for someone to determine the name of their favorite feathered friend. So - There are a lot of birds that look like tits, here are the photos some of them.

The blue tit is also a tit, living in swamps and the banks of reservoirs, where it builds its nests in thickets of bushes and reeds. Snow-white plumage, blue tail, gray back with blue wings, this bird is popularly called princeling. Unlike other tits, it leads a sedentary lifestyle, and even in winter wanders around its nest.

Bird robin or robin.

In common people it is called zorka, zoryanka, alder. She also looks like a tit. The color of the robin is predominantly gray-greenish. Her belly is white, her forehead, chest and sides are red. Somewhat different from tits in having longer legs. The robin bird, unlike other tits, is a migratory bird. Prefers to live in deciduous forests, found in parks and gardens, as long as there is a body of water nearby. Robin heroine of many children's and other stories and even legends.

Warblers are small birds with a slender build. They look more like a warbler than a tit; in comparison, the warbler has longer legs and a shorter tail, but they are still often confused with tits. The plumage is yellow-green or brown, warblers live in deciduous and coniferous forests and even in bushes, while warblers build nests not only in trees, but also on the ground.

And on this. The rattle warbler's singing is similar to the whirring of a working sewing machine, which is why it was named so.

The nuthatch is a frequent visitor to gardens and parks in populated areas; it nests in mixed forests; it is interesting that the nuthatch can even look for food upside down - this is its calling card. The color of the bird greatly depends on its habitat, while the nuthatch’s plumage always contains shades of bluish-gray. Apparently that's why he confused with tit.

The bluethroat is a bird smaller in size than a common sparrow. The coloring on the back is brown, the rump is red, the throat and craw are blue, in males with a reddish spot in the middle, although the spot may be absent. The blue color below is bordered by gray and red rings across the chest. The female of this birds that look like tits often without blue or red colors at all. Bluethroat inhabits river floodplains, stream valleys, and lake shores. It nests on the ground, and makes nests from grass, covering the outside with moss.

Black-headed and brown-headed chickadees.

This bird similar to a tit smaller than a sparrow, with a discreet appearance, and yet quite noticeable. In summer it stays around the nesting area in pairs, in winter, like other tits, it flocks with blue tits, tits, and nuthatches.

brown-headed tit

Externally it differs from tits, with the exception of its closest relatives, the brown-headed and grey-headed tit.

The black-headed chickadee sings wonderfully. This bird has one more feature that distinguishes it from others - it makes winter reserves.

grey-headed chickadee

But her relative, the brown-headed chickadee, on the contrary, has made friends with humans and even feeds on his leftover food.

Greenfinch bird.

The color of the greenfinch's plumage is olive-brown, with dark streaks along the back, and a yellow tint on the lower back, like other tits. It differs radically from all tits in flight., reminiscent more of flight than of birds. It makes arcs in the air, and before landing it soars in the air, and also flies up sharply, makes several circles at a high altitude, and then dives down with its wings folded.

Chinese cut.

The Chinese chickadee is also a relative of tits. Gray head with a black carnival mask, red-brown back. Young birds do not yet have a black mask. It seems to me that even in color he looks more like a male than a tit. Remez chooses thickets along the banks of rivers, lakes or swamps for housing.

Linnet or repol.

The plumage of the male is the crown, forehead and chest of a bright red color, the back is brownish, the belly and sides are white. The female repolov does not have red in her plumage. Linnet inhabits gardens, making nests in hedges, protective tree and shrub plantings, and thickets in meadows and forest edges.

Linnet or repoly of all tits it is considered the only truly migratory bird However, living in the south, he also leads a sedentary, but more often nomadic lifestyle. This bird is the most noticeable of the tits and not because of the coloring; the male linnet loves to sing while sitting on the top of trees, on wires and even on a fence, so you won’t notice him.

Wren bird.

This tit-like bird lives throughout Europe to the far North and throughout Asia to the Amur region. Prefers coniferous forests, especially pine forests, for housing. She was nicknamed King for the yellow or orange crown on her head. It is easy to distinguish the female king bird from the male; the female is yellow, the male is orange. But the rest of her plumage is very similar to tits, especially greenfinches.

Moscow bird.

Despite the name, it is in no way connected with Moscow, because it avoids not only cities, but also populated areas. True, in cold winters it still descends from the mountains into the valleys or, moving south, settling in gardens and parks, where it can be seen near the feeders. On the head, the feathers of the head are sometimes extended into a crest, especially in the southern subspecies.

Whiskered tit.

Her photo completes our a story about tit-like birds. The plumage of the whiskered tit is often light, yellow-brown. The male has a bluish head with a white throat and black wedges on both sides of the beak, which is why the tit is called the mustachioed tit. Meanwhile, using DNA, scientists do the same for birds, the closest relatives of the whiskered tit.