The titmouse from group of sinitsiyevy birds meets in the European countries, some Asian, in Africa, but the majority of these birds can be met in Russia. The titmouse lives in forests, forest belts, at the edges, can live on trees near reservoirs. Prefers accommodation near the person therefore she can always be met in forest parks, in suburban dachas and gardens. The female can be distinguished from a male of a titmouse on several signs.
Instruction
1. Titmouses distinguishes the small size, a long tail, bright plumage. On character these birds are rather mobile, bright, restless. The titmouse can be distinguished from other birds, thanks to a bright yellow paunch and a black strip on it. A head at a titmouse issinya-dark, cheeks light. The occipital area is painted in a yellow speck. The mouth at birds black and smoothly passes into a dark strip on a paunch. The back can be both gray, and pale green. And wings and a tail have light motley coloring.
2. This description of external coloring of feathers of a titmouse completely corresponds to males of these birds. And the self-check of a titmouse is distinguished on additional signs in appearance. They are very similar to males, but have in comparison with them more dim of tone. A head at a female of a titmouse not such black, as at a male. Under a tail plumage at females lighter. A back at the self-check gray with a green shade.
3. Besides young individuals of titmouses, including males, have the same dim coloring, as females. That is on closer examination birds and determination of her age it is possible to find distinctive signs of a male from a female, but to make it rather difficult, it can do only to experts to biologists and ornithologists.
4. There are also types of titmouses which difference between females and males can be more noticeable. For example, the female of a big titmouse, or a zinka, differs from a male of the breed in dim coloring of a paunch. The male of a titmouse blue tit has a flavovirent back, bright blue wings and tail plumage. And the samochka-blue tit has the same color combinations, but more dim.
5. Among moskovok-titmouses it is impossible to find a difference between a male and a female as they completely coincide on external signs. And young individuals of Moscow forging have dim tone of plumage in comparison with adults. The same can be told about males and females of a marsh titmouse, or a gaichka. The general tone of plumage at these subspecies of titmouses gray, a head black. Young gaichka have a brown hat on the head.