Long-tailed tit

The Mésange with long tail ( Aegithalos caudatus ) is a Passereau of the family of the aegithalidés (and not of the Paridés like the other titmouses). Its usual name is the “ tupinet ”. One finds it everywhere in Europe where it is sedentary and occupies almost all the habitats: wood, parks, gardens…

Description

Length: 14 cm
Envergure: cm
Weight: 7 to 9 G

It is a tiny bird with a very long tail and small round wings, with the white and gray head with a black band of the face to the nape of the neck passing to the top of the eye and the slightly rosy white belly.

Behavior

Apart from the period of Nesting, she lives in family bands or small groups of ten to about thirty birds, wheel from one tree to another.

Food mode

She nourishes primarily insects, of some seeds and buds at the bad season. She does not scorn the mangers in winter.

Reproduction

One to two brooded per annum from 6 to 12 white eggs, the first enters mid-April and mid-May, the second in June. Contrary to paridés (other titmouses), it does not build its nest in cavities but in a released place. It is of ovoid form, a 20 cm height, and is completely closed with a small side opening in the upper part. It is composed outside foam, of vegetable fibers and the pieces of bark; the interior is furnished with feathers and hairs. Its construction lasts between 15 and 20 days. The eggs are brooded by female 13 or 14 days. The small ones remain with the nest between 15 and 20 days after the blossoming.

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