List of Birds of Iran - Chickadees and Titmice

Chickadees and Titmice

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. There are species 59 worldwide and 8 species which occur in Iran.

  • Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
  • Caspian Tit Poecile hyrcana (E)
  • Coal Tit Periparus ater
  • Great Tit Parus major
  • Turkestan Tit Parus bokharensis
  • Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus (A)
  • Yellow-breasted Tit Cyanistes flavipectus

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