Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Trishtili i madh |
| Arabic | قرقف كبير |
| Armenian | Մեծ երաշտահավ |
| Asturian | Beranñn real |
| Azerbaijani | İri arıquşu |
| Basque | Kaskabeltz handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям синигер |
| Catalan | mallerenga carbonera |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大山雀 |
| Croatian | velika sjenica |
| Czech | sýkora koňadra |
| Danish | Musvit |
| Dutch | Koolmees |
| English | Great Tit |
| English (Bangladesh) | Great Tit (European Great Tit) |
| English (India) | European Great Tit |
| English (United States) | Great Tit |
| Faroese | Stórtíta |
| Finnish | talitiainen |
| French | Mésange charbonnière |
| French (France) | Mésange charbonnière |
| Galician | Ferreiro común |
| German | Kohlmeise |
| Greek | Καλόγερος |
| Hebrew | ירגזי מצוי |
| Hungarian | Széncinege |
| Icelandic | Flotmeisa |
| Italian | Cinciallegra |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパシジュウカラ |
| Korean | 노랑배박새 |
| Latvian | Lielā zīlīte |
| Lithuanian | Didžioji zylė |
| Mongolian | Их хөх бух |
| Norwegian | kjøttmeis |
| Persian | چرخ ریسک بزرگ |
| Polish | bogatka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Chapim-real |
| Romanian | Pițigoi mare |
| Russian | Большая синица |
| Serbian | Velika senica |
| Slovak | sýkorka veľká |
| Slovenian | Velika sinica |
| Spanish | Carbonero Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carbonero común |
| Swedish | talgoxe |
| Turkish | Büyük Baştankara |
| Ukrainian | Синиця велика |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan, Nárgila Moura, and Nicholas D. Sly revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull and Nicholas D. Sly curated the media. Nicholas D. Sly revised the distribution map.
Parus major Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- PARUS
- parus
- major
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Great Tit Parus major Scientific name definitions
Version: 2.0 — Published July 5, 2024
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 2.0
- Full Revision
- July 5, 2024
- Great Tit Parus major
Authors
Guy M. Kirwan, Nicholas D. Sly, Andrew Gosler, Peter Clement, David Christie, Nárgila Moura, and Peter Pyle
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan, Nicholas D. Sly, Nárgila Moura, and Peter Pyle
Recommended Citation
Kirwan, G. M., N. D. Sly, A. Gosler, P. Clement, D. A. Christie, N. Moura, and P. Pyle (2024). Great Tit (Parus major), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (G. M. Kirwan and N. D. Sly, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gretit1.02
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan, Nárgila Moura, and Nicholas D. Sly revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull and Nicholas D. Sly curated the media. Nicholas D. Sly revised the distribution map.
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Tit Parus major
Authors
Andrew Gosler, Peter Clement, and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Gosler, A., P. Clement, and D. A. Christie (2020). Great Tit (Parus major), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gretit1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 30, 2019
- Great Tit (HBW) Parus major
Authors
Andrew Gosler, Peter Clement, and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Gosler, A., P. Clement, and D. A. Christie (2019). Great Tit (HBW) (Parus major). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Last Published Version
- January 30, 2013
- Turkestan Tit Parus bokharensis
Authors
Andrew Gosler and Peter Clement
Recommended Citation
Gosler, A. and P. Clement (2013). Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
