What is Paridae?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Tit | image = Lophophanes cristatus -Aviemore, Scotland-8 (2).jpg | image_caption = [[European crested tit]] in [[Scotland]] | taxon = Paridae | authority = [[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]], 1825 | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = 5–10, see text. | range_map = Paridae Distribution.PNG | range_map_caption = Global range (In green) }} The '''Paridae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of tiny [[bird]]s, the '''tits''' (called 'chickadees' or 'titmice' in [[North America]]). They are [[passerine]] [[songbird]]s which are native to the [[northern hemisphere]] and [[Africa]]. Most of them used to be classified in the [[genus]] ''Parus'', which has now been split up. These birds are mainly small stocky [[woodland]] [[species]] with short stout [[Beak|bills]]. Some have [[Crest (feathers)|crests]]. They range in length from 10 to 22 centimetres. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed [[diet]] including [[seed]]s and [[insect]]s.<ref name=EoB>{{cite book |editor=Forshaw, Joseph|author= Perrins, C.|year=1991|title=Encyclopaedia of Animals: Birds|publisher= Merehurst Press|location=London|pages= 202–203|isbn= 1-85391-186-0}}</ref> Many species will live around human habitation and come readily to [[bird feeder]]s for nuts or seed, and learn to take other foods. In Britain, [[great tit]]s and [[blue tit]]s learned to break through the foil caps sealing bottles of [[milk]] on doorsteps, to get at the [[cream]] on top. Of course, the change in milk packaging has robbed them of this delicacy. These are hole-nesting birds, typically using trees, although some species build nests on the ground. They lay anything from three to nineteen speckled white [[Egg (biology)|eggs]], depending on species.<ref name=EoB/> ==Behaviour== The tits are active, noisy, social birds. They are [[territory|territorial]] during the breeding season. The tits are highly adaptable and, after the [[Corvidae|corvids]] ([[crow]]s and [[jay]]s) and [[parrot]]s, amongst the most intelligent of all birds