Eurasian Blue Tit look-alikes
Cyanistes caeruleus
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Azure Tit
Cyanistes cyanus
Key differences
The Azure Tit has a white crown, white cheeks, and a broader white wing-bar. Its blue is paler, and it lacks the yellow underparts and dark belly stripe of the Eurasian Blue Tit. Its range is more eastern.
African Blue Tit
Cyanistes teneriffae
Key differences
Formerly considered a subspecies of Eurasian Blue Tit, the African Blue Tit (found in North Africa and Canary Islands) has a darker blue crown and a more extensive black collar. Some subspecies, like the Canary Islands Blue Tit (C. t. teneriffae), have a darker, almost black cap and a more intense blue overall.
Great Tit
Parus major
Key differences
Larger than the Blue Tit. Has a black head and bib, white cheeks, a prominent black stripe down its yellow belly, and a greenish back. Lacks the bright blue cap and wings of the Blue Tit.
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