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Tits, Chickadees

The Paridae family, which includes tits, chickadees, and titmice, consists of small, generally stocky woodland birds predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. These adaptable birds vary in length from about 10 to 22 cm and feed on a mixed diet of seeds and insects. Known for their short, stout bills—finer in insectivorous species and stouter in seed-eating species—these birds often visit feeders and can adapt their foraging techniques, such as hanging upside down, to access food. In terms of behavior, they are active, social, and exhibit intelligent traits just after corvids and parrots. They often form mixed-species flocks outside the breeding season and have elaborate calls, including the "chick-a dee dee dee" alarm call of North American chickadees. Tits have a variety of foraging methods that differ among the many species that make up their diverse and widespread distribution across Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. These birds are cavity nesters, with some species opting for tree cavities and others, like the Pseudopodoces, nest on the ground. They have large clutches, often having to cope with harsh winters or unpredictable conditions in Africa by being multibrooded. Many African species, along with Pseudopodoces, are cooperative breeders and maintain stable flocks through the non-breeding season. Recent taxonomic revisions have seen the splitting of the large Parus group into several genera based on DNA sequence analysis, with the family potentially expanding to include related groups such as penduline tits. Four major clades of "typical" tits can be recognized and their evolutionary spread into North America dates back to the Early-Mid Pliocene. The diversity within this family is immense, ranging from the familiar great tits and blue tits to more exotic species like the sultan tit and intricate variations in plumage and vocalizations.

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Bushtits
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Buttonquail
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Flowerpeckers
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Ground Babblers
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
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Ibisbill
Ibises, Spoonbills
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Jacanas
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Nuthatches
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Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Ospreys
Owls
Oystercatchers
Painted-snipes
Parrotbills & Allies
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Penduline Tits
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Pittas
Plovers
Przevalski's Finch
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Reed Warblers & Allies
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Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
Sunbirds
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Sylviid Babblers
Tanagers & Allies
Thrushes

Tits, Chickadees

Treecreepers
Treeswifts
Trogons
Tropicbirds
Typical Broadbills
Vangas & Allies
Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Wagtails, Pipits
Wallcreeper
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Waxwings
Weavers, Widowbirds
White-eyes
Woodpeckers
Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Wrens
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AccentorsAlbatrossesAlcippe FulvettasAsian BarbetsAuksAustral Storm PetrelsBabblers, Scimitar BabblersBarn OwlsBearded ReedlingBee-eatersBulbulsBuntingsBushtitsBustardsButtonquailCaracaras, FalconsCettia Bush Warblers & AlliesChats, Old World FlycatchersCisticolas & AlliesCormorants, ShagsCoursers, PratincolesCranesCrows, JaysCuckoosCuckooshrikesCupwingsDippersDrongosDucks, Geese, SwansElachuraFairy FlycatchersFairy-bluebirdsFantailsFigbirds, Orioles, TurnagraFinches, EuphoniasFlamingosFlowerpeckersFrigatebirdsFrogmouthsGannets, BoobiesGoldcrests, KingletsGrassbirds & AlliesGrebesGround BabblersGulls, Terns, SkimmersHerons, BitternsHoneyguidesHoopoesHornbillsIbisbillIbises, SpoonbillsIndigobirds, WhydahsIorasJacanasKingfishersKites, Hawks, EaglesLarksLaughingthrushes & AlliesLeaf Warblers & AlliesLeafbirdsLongspurs, Snow BuntingsLoonsMonarchsNew World SparrowsNew World WarblersNightjarsNorthern Storm PetrelsNuthatchesOld World ParrotsOld World Sparrows, SnowfinchesOspreysOwlsOystercatchersPainted-snipesParrotbills & AlliesPelicansPenduline TitsPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving PetrelsPheasants & AlliesPigeons, DovesPittasPloversPrzevalski's FinchRails, Crakes & CootsReed Warblers & AlliesRollersSandgrouseSandpipers, SnipesShrikesSkuasStarlings, RhabdornisStilts, AvocetsStone-curlews, Thick-kneesStorksSunbirdsSwallows, MartinsSwiftsSylviid BabblersTanagers & AlliesThrushesTits, ChickadeesTreecreepersTreeswiftsTrogonsTropicbirdsTypical BroadbillsVangas & AlliesVireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblersWagtails, PipitsWallcreeperWaxbills, Munias & AlliesWaxwingsWeavers, WidowbirdsWhite-eyesWoodpeckersWoodswallows, Butcherbirds & AlliesWrens

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