Willow Tit
Poecile montanus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice (Paridae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The willow tit (Poecile montanus) is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and across the Palearctic. The plumage is grey-brown and off-white with a black cap and bib. It is more of a conifer specialist than the closely related marsh tit, which explains its breeding much farther north.
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Range and habitat
Countries
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Willow tit
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
