Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

(A. c. major)

Armenian Name:	Երկարագի երաշտահավ

See Plate 52 for Long-tailed Tit and other similar species

Resident Status:	Year-round resident
Abundance:	Uncommon
Length:	14 cm, Wing Span:16-19 cm
Distribution Map:	Map 294.
Description:	Tiny with very long tail, short wings, and round ball-like body.
Adult:	Black-and-white striped crown, gray back, and pinkish rear under body.
Juvenile:	Darker with brown back and sides of head; shorter tail.
Behavior:	Gregarious. Forages in middle tree layers, often in mixed flocks of small woodland birds.
Habitat:	Forests, orchards, juniper scrub, plantations; river gorges and semidesert scrub in winter.
Food:	Insects.
Nest:	Oval, feather-lined ball covered with lichens, bound by spiders' webs; in bush or upright fork of tree.
Eggs:	14 mm, 8-12, white.