Marsh tit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the marsh tit lives – recorded in 36 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Poecile palustris
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	36 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	1.24 g (birth weight); 11.9 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Paridae

Where does the marsh tit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the marsh tit in 36 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

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 marsh tit?

Wikidata records the following for the marsh tit: mass 1.24 g (birth weight); 11.9 g (adult weight).

Is the marsh tit endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the marsh tit?

The marsh tit (Poecile palustris) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Paridae, genus Poecile. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the marsh tit

The marsh tit (Poecile palustris) is a Eurasian passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the willow tit, Père David's and Songar tits. It is a small bird, around 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 12 g (0.42 oz), with a black crown and nape, pale cheeks, brown back and greyish-brown wings and tail. Between 8 and 11 subspecies are recognised. Its close resemblance to the willow tit can cause identification problems, especially in the United Kingdom where the local subspecies of the two are very similar; they were not recognised as separate species until 1897.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Marsh tit (revision 1360887406), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q207838 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).