What is Great tit?
[[File:Синица (Parus major, fem), Битцевский лес.jpg|thumb|Great tit female]] [[File:Parus major excelsus MHNT 232 Aïn Béïda Algerie.jpg|thumb|''Parus major'' eggs]] [[File:Koolmees op nest.jpg|right|thumb|Great tit nesting in a nest box]] The '''great tit''' (''Parus major'') is a [[passerine]] [[bird]] in the tit family [[Paridae]]. It is found throughout [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], Central and Northern [[Asia]], and parts of [[North Africa]]. Most great tits do not [[migrate]] except in places with harsh winters.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nowakowski|first=Jarosław K.|year=2001|title=Speed and synchronization of autumn migration of the Great Tit (''Parus major'') along the eastern and the southern Baltic coast.|journal=The Ring|volume=23|issue=1|pages=55–71|url=http://kabli.nigula.ee/bib/nowa.pdf|access-date=2010-08-21|archive-date=2011-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720125434/http://kabli.nigula.ee/bib/nowa.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The great tit has a black head and throat. The back is olive-green and the stomach is yellow. It has a white spot on its cheek. The great tit is 12.5-14.0 centimetres long and weighs 16-21 grams. It is a song bird, and has up to 40 kinds of songs and sounds. In the summer it eats [[insects]] and [[spiders]]. The great tit eats for example [[cockroach]] and [[grasshopper]]. The female lays about 12 eggs and broods them by herself. Both parents take care of the baby birds. The great tit feeds its [[fledgling]]s on protein-rich [[caterpillars]]. == References == {{Commons|Parus major}} {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Passeri]] [[Category:Birds of Europe]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]] [[Category:Birds of Africa]]