European Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatus

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– smaller than House Sparrow
– mainly non-migratory
– only short distance dispersal of juveniles

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

– birds in flight not yet photographed –

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– flight call a 0,2-0,3sec long, monophonic, fast and narrow modulated ‘tsii’
– resembles Eurasian Nuthatch or Treecreepers
1st harmonic between 6-8kHz


European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus mitratus, call in flight
BIF2658, 26/12/2017, Prerow, Germany, Patrick Franke




European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus mitratus, call in flight
BIF2659, 21/01/2018, Reudnitz, Germany, Patrick Franke


European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus mitratus, call in flight
BIF2660, 21/01/2018, Reudnitz, Germany, Patrick Franke




European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus mitratus, call in flight
BIF2661, 14/02/2018, Hörschbachschlucht, Germany, Patrick Franke



European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus mitratus, call in flight
BIF2662, 14/02/2018, Hörschbachschlucht, Germany, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Azure Tit (v)
African Blue Tit (v)
Eurasian Blue Tit (v)
Great Tit (v)
Cinereous Tit (v)
Coal Tit (v)
Sombre Tit (v)
Willow Tit (v)
Marsh Tit (v)
Caspian Tit (v)
Eurasian Treecreeper (a)
Short-toed Treecreeper (a)

#songbird #passerine

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress