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Coal Tit (Periparus ater) call
A fast, high 'pitchoo-pitchoo-pitchoo', thinner and quicker than a Great Tit's song.
Listen to the Coal Tit call
A field recording of the Coal Tit (Periparus ater) by Nick Brodin, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Coal Tit in woodland, garden and conifer habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Coal Tit
These birds belong to the tit family, like the Coal Tit, so their calls can sound alike.
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Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
A bright 'tsee-tsee-tsu-hu-hu-hu' ending in a fast trill; scolding churrs at the feeder.
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Great Tit Parus major
A loud, ringing 'teacher-teacher' see-saw, plus a huge range of chinks and churrs.
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
A fast, hoarse tsick-a-zee-zee, buzzier and higher than other chickadees.
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Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
A whistled peter-peter and a scratchy scolding chatter.
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Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
A buzzy chick-a-dee-dee-dee, and in late winter a clear, whistled fee-bee that falls in pitch.
Questions
Questions about the Coal Tit
What does the Coal Tit sound like?
A fast, high 'pitchoo-pitchoo-pitchoo', thinner and quicker than a Great Tit's song. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Coal Tit?
Eurasian Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Oak Titmouse and Black-capped Chickadee sound similar.
Where can I hear the Coal Tit?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of England course.
How can I learn the Coal Tit call?
In SongLark's Birds of England course, it comes in Level 2: Garden Songsters & Finches. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Coal Tit in its Birds of England course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of England, the Coal Tit comes in Level 2: Garden Songsters & Finches. That Level is about thrushes, finches and little flocks.
Learn it with these birds in Level 2 of Birds of England
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Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Loud ringing phrases, each one repeated two or three times.
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Dunnock Prunella modularis
A short even slightly scratchy warble from low cover.
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Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Rambling whistles, clicks and mimicry from rooftops and wires.
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Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
A short accelerating rattle that ends in a flourish.
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European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Liquid tinkling twitters, usually given in flight.
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European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
A long wheezy dzweee among canary-like twitters.
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Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Flocks keep in touch with thin 'see-see-see' notes and a dry, rolling 'tsirrup'.
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Rock Pigeon Columba livia
A muffled rolling coo-roo-coo and clattering wingbeats on takeoff.
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