Coal tits are small birds, and they are the favorite of many owners. Because of their small size, many people have asked whether they are very agile and difficult to spot in their natural environment. In fact, coal tits don't fly very fast, and they don't fly very far as long as they're not startled. However, if startled, they will fly away with lightning speed.

Coal tits have fluffy feathers. If they are raised in captivity, in order to ensure the health of coal tits' feathers, the owner should not only do a good job of scientific feeding, but also bathe them regularly. Be careful to prevent birds from catching a cold.

Description of morphological characteristics of coal tits

Body length: 10cm.

Weight: 8g.

Overhead: Black.

Nose: The nostrils may be somewhat feathered.

Beak: Short and blunt.

Throat: Black.

Neck: Black on the side of the neck with large white patches on the back of the neck.

Upper Chest: Black.

Wings: There are two white wing spots.

Back: Grey, also olive grey in some individuals.

Belly: White.

Foot: Turquoise, robust.

The Coal Tit is 11 cm long. Top of head, side of neck, throat and upper chest are black. Two white wing patches on the wings and a large white patch on the back of the neck distinguish it from the brown-headed tit and the swamp tit. Back gray or olive gray, white abdomen with or without skin yellow. Most subspecies have pointed black crest feathers. The difference from the great tit and the green-backed tit has no black vertical stripes in the middle of the chest.

Iris brown; mouth black with grey margins; feet blue-grey.

The sex is more lively and bold, not afraid of people. It is agile, often jumping between branches, or flying from one tree to another. It usually flies slowly and has a short flight distance, but it flies quickly after being frightened. Except in pairs during breeding, they gather in small flocks in other seasons, sometimes mixed with other tits. Occasionally fly into the air and down to the ground to catch insects. The sound of "zi-zi-zi" is issued from time to time, and the sound is louder during the breeding season, especially in the early breeding period in spring, which is more rapid and changeable. They have the habit of storing food for winter needs, feeding under snow-covered branches.

Mainly include golden bugs, scarabs, poisonous moth larvae, sting moth larvae, inchworm larvae, Culex mosquitoes, flower flies, ants, bees, pine caterpillars, dust bugs, stink bugs, ladybugs, katydids Feed on insects and insect larvae such as Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, and also eat a small amount of spiders, snails, grasses, flowers and other small invertebrates and plant foods.

Coal tits in the natural environment eat "meat", and insects are their main food. But in captivity, we can't provide them with such food. In order for the coal tit to eat well, the owner must understand what kind of food is best for the captive coal tit.

You may see owners posting their own feeding formulas in many places, but after reading a lot, you may not know which formula to feed their birds. If you are also facing the problem of choosing, you might as well ask an expert or someone with rich birding experience directly, and they will tell you which formula is most suitable for your bird based on the actual situation of your bird.

Some coal tits cannot adapt to the food the owner feeds at once. For example, the birds may not eat the pasta fed by the owner at first. In order to avoid this situation, the owner can put the bread The worms are placed on the pasta for the birds to peck, so that when they peck the mealworms, they will also eat the pasta by the way. After a long time, they will gradually adapt to eating the pasta.

To know if the food being fed is suitable for coal tits, owners can observe the bird's droppings daily. If the stool is abnormal due to food, the owner can adjust the food. However, it should be noted that the adjustment of the coal tit's food needs to be very careful and cannot change too much at once. In addition, the owner cannot ignore the problem of water, such as drinking water must be clean, and the water tank must be cleaned frequently.