Small bird (approx 14 cm or 5.5 in) easily recognizable by the yellow tone of its body, the back of olive green colour, bluish wings, black head and white cheeks. It has a characteristic vertical black stripe (bib) that starts at the base of the bill and runs through the breast.
Woodland environment
It is a forest bird with great adaptability that inhabits wooded areas, both dense and clear, scrubland areas, riparian woods, tree crops, parks and gardens.
Resident in Malaga all year round. Its breeding begins in March and nests in tree cavities. At least two annual layings of 8 to 12 eggs. The Great Tit feeds on small insects, larvae, seeds and wild fruits. In winter it forms flocks with other species of birds.
Usual and frequent bird throughout the province. Easy to see practically at any stage of the Great Path.
Showing off their colouring, in the case of great tits, is not just a matter of pleasing their partner. The males with more intense colours in their plumage ingest more carotenes and that implies that they are more efficient hunters and that, therefore, they are able to feed their chicks better. Consequently they are preferred by females and have more reproductive success.
- Altos de Hondonero
- Arroyo de la Ventilla
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- Cerro Alaminos
- El Alcázar - La Maroma
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- El Torcal
- Fuente de los 100 Caños
- Fuente del Acebuche
- Genil River banks
- Hoz de Marín
- Lagunas de Campillos
- Llanos de Líbar
- Montes de Malaga Natural Park
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Refugio de Juanar
- Río del Burgo
- Río Guadalmina
- Río Jorox
- Sierra de Mollina y Laguna de la Ratosa
- Sierra del Padrastro
- Tajos del Fraile, Doña Ana y Gómer
- The Mouth of Rio Velez
- Valley of Genal River
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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