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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Baeolophus, Cyanistes, Lophophanes, Parus, Periparus, Poecile, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Black-capped Chickadee, Cinereous Tit, Sultan Tit, Hume's Ground Tit, White-winged Tit, Tufted Titmouse, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee, Varied Tit, Willow Tit, Oak Titmouse, Juniper Titmouse, Mountain Chickadee, Mexican Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Rufous-vented Tit, Black-lored Tit, Crested Tit, Azure Tit, Bridled Titmouse, Siberian Tit, Black-crested Titmouse, Green-backed Tit, Melaniparus, White-browed Tit, Songar Tit, Sombre Tit, White-winged Black Tit, Rufous-naped Tit, Daito Varied Tit, Elegant Tit, Caspian Tit, Palawan Tit, Pardaliparus, Yellow-browed Tit, Rusty-breasted Tit, Rufous-bellied Tit, Yellow-cheeked Tit, Grey-crested Tit, Yellow-breasted Tit, Sittiparus, Japanese Tit, Yellow-bellied Tit, White-fronted Tit, Dusky Tit, Yellow Tit, White-shouldered Tit, Macholophus, White-bellied Tit, Miombo Tit, Stripe-breasted Tit, Somali Tit, White-backed Tit, Ashy Tit, Red-throated Tit, Grey Tit, Carp's Tit. Excerpt: The Great Tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. Until 2005 this species was lumped with numerous other subspecies. DNA studies have shown these other subspecies to be distinctive from the Great Tit and these have now been separated as two separate species, the Cinereous Tit of southern Asia, and the Japanese Tit of East Asia. The Great Tit remains the most widespread species in the genus Parus. The Great Tit is a distinctive bird, with a black head and neck, prominent white cheeks, olive upperparts and yellow und...