Azure Tit
A species of Blue and Azure Tits Scientific name : Cyanistes cyanus Genus : Blue and Azure Tits
Azure Tit, A species of Blue and Azure Tits
Botanical name: Cyanistes cyanus
Genus: Blue and Azure Tits
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Description
The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia and Central Asia and northwest China, Manchuria and Pakistan. It is found in temperate and subarctic deciduous or mixed woodlands, scrub and marshes. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate. It nests in a tree hole, laying about 10 eggs. The bird is a close sitter, hissing and biting when disturbed. Its food is insects, seeds, small invertebrates, larvae of bugs, and eggs. This 12–13 cm bird is unmistakable. The head, tail corners, wing bars and underparts are white. There is a dark line through the eye, and the upperparts are blue. This is the eastern counterpart of the common Eurasian blue tit. It will hybridise with that species, but the offspring usually show a blue crown, rather than the white of azure tit. The calls are similar to blue tit, calling dee, dee, dee or a scolding churr. The song is a tsi-tsi-tshurr-tsi-tsi-tshurr, which has been described as intermediate between blue tit and crested tit. 
Size
14 cm
Feeding Habits
Azure Tit feeds on a variety of invertebrates, eggs, and larvae, including aphids, moths, and beetles, complementing its diet with seeds and berries. Nestlings are fed mostly moth caterpillars. Azure Tit forages actively at all levels of foliage, often in pairs or groups, and adapts to gleaning food from dense canopy or ground, breaking stems for larvae, or catching insects in flight.
Habitat
The azure Tit is commonly found in diverse forested environments including deciduous and mixed woodlands, often with a shrubby understory. It inhabits groves of turanga, swamp forests, and riverine thickets, notably those composed of willow, tamarisk, birch, and poplar. The bird also frequents orchards, marshland peripheries, and shrubby areas. Higher up, it resides in birch forests interspersed with willow, larch, spruce, and juniper. The Central Asian varieties of the azure Tit prefer montane deciduous and mixed forests, along with mature valley woodlands and willow scrub. Outside the breeding season, it can be found in similar habitats but often gravitates towards forest edges, thickets, semi-desert locations, waterside scrub, and reedbeds.
Dite type
Granivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tits Genus
Blue and Azure Tits Species
Azure Tit 
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