n.
Any of several woodland and garden songbird species in the genus Parus (family Paridae) having a rather stout, pointed bill.
The great tit ( P. major ), found in Europe, North Africa, and Asia nearly to Java, is about 6 in. (14 cm) long. It has a white face, a black head, and a black center line on its underparts, which are yellow or buffy. The best-known North American species of crested tit is the tufted titmouse ( P. bicolor ), a 7-in. (17-cm) bluish gray bird with pinkish brown flanks. See also chickadee .
Tufted titmouse ( Parus bicolor ).
Dan Sudia-The National Audubon Society Collection