GREAT TIT

Photographed March 2017

(*  917)              GREAT TIT             Parus major

SRI LANKA               76

Found in forests, wooded areas and gardens. 14 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in lowlands and up to lower hills, more common towards higher hills.

GREAT TIT

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(see   309, Britain 9)              GREAT TIT            Parus major  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (59)        

In Kalimantan restricted to coastal mangroves; rest of Indonesia open woodlands and along forest edges inland. 13 cm. Distribution: Eurasia and the Orient region: widespread and common resident on Sumatra, Java and Bali; locally common in south Kalimantan and parts of Nusa Tenggara.

GREAT TIT

309            GREAT TIT        Parus major

Britain         (9)

Widespread and common in Europe, Middle East, Central and Northern Asia and parts of North Africa with woods. 12.5-14 cm. Very vocal and has up to 40 calls. Found in open deciduous woodlands, mixed forests, dense forests. Does not migrate except extreme winters. Monogamous, establishes a territory which it keeps. Lays 12 eggs in a batch, usually raises two broods a season.