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Himalayan Great Tit
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Copyright: Satish Hanumantha Rao (satish_h)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-11-04 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Nikon D-200, Sigma 100-300 f/4 EX HSM |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/320 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-01-31 8:41 |
| Viewed: 456 |
| Points: 10 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland. It is resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate.
Great Tits are easy to recognize, large in size at 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upper parts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.
Great Tits come in many races, but they fall into three groups. Great Tits in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Korea, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and south-east Asia are grey above and whitish below.
This opicture was taken in Choukori, by the side of the road,. |
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