Parus major Linnaeus, 1758
(Great Tit)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParus major (Great Tit)
GenusParus (tits, titmice)
FamilyPARIDAE (tits, titmice)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Parus major (Great Tit) :
1: Parus major (Great Tit)
28 Feb 2016 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Perched near feeder
Image 1: Perched
2: Parus major (Great Tit)
30 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: On branch - anterior view
3: Parus major (Great Tit)
30 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on feeder
Image 1: On feeder - anterior viewImage 2: On feeder - anterior view (2)Image 3: On feeder - front three-quarter view
4: Parus major (Great Tit)
5 Jan 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Sitting on honeysuckle
5: Parus major (Great Tit)
5 Jan 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting sunflower feeder
Image 1: visiting sunflower feederImage 2: visiting sunflower feeder (2)Image 3: visiting sunflower feeder (3)Image 4: visiting sunflower feeder (4)Image 5: visiting sunflower feeder (5)

Parus major (Great Tit) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Parus major (Great Tit)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Parus major (Great Tit)
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