Great tit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great tit lives – recorded in 66 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Parus major
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	66 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	1.68 g (birth weight); 18.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Paridae

Where does the great tit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great tit in 66 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Poland.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a great tit?

Wikidata records the following for the great tit: mass 1.68 g (birth weight); 18.5 g (adult weight).

Is the great tit endangered?

The great tit’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great tit?

The great tit (Parus major) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Paridae, genus Parus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great tit

The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is widespread and common throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and as far east as the Amur River. It also occurs in parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland. Most great tits do not migrate, except in extremely harsh winters. Until 2005 this species was lumped with numerous other subspecies. However, DNA studies have revealed that these subspecies are distinct from the great tit, and they have now been classified as two distinct species, the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) of southern Asia, and the Japanese tit (Parus minor) of East Asia. The great tit remains the most widespread species in the genus Parus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great tit (revision 1377140877), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25485 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).