Bird call

Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) call

A bright 'tsee-tsee-tsu-hu-hu-hu' ending in a fast trill; scolding churrs at the feeder.

Listen to the Eurasian Blue Tit call

A field recording of the Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) by Andrew Skotnicki, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Eurasian Blue Tit in garden habitats.

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Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit

Sounds similar

Birds that sound similar to the Eurasian Blue Tit

These birds belong to the tit family, like the Eurasian Blue Tit, so their calls can sound alike.

  • Great Tit Parus major

    A loud, ringing 'teacher-teacher' see-saw, plus a huge range of chinks and churrs.

  • Coal Tit Periparus ater

    A fast, high 'pitchoo-pitchoo-pitchoo', thinner and quicker than a Great Tit's song.

  • Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens

    A fast, hoarse tsick-a-zee-zee, buzzier and higher than other chickadees.

  • Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus

    A whistled peter-peter and a scratchy scolding chatter.

  • 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 Eurasian Blue Tit

What does the Eurasian Blue Tit sound like?

A bright 'tsee-tsee-tsu-hu-hu-hu' ending in a fast trill; scolding churrs at the feeder. Listen to the recording above.

Which birds sound like the Eurasian Blue Tit?

Great Tit, Coal Tit, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Oak Titmouse and Black-capped Chickadee sound similar.

Where can I hear the Eurasian Blue Tit?

SongLark teaches it in its Birds of England course.

How can I learn the Eurasian Blue Tit call?

In SongLark's Birds of England course, it comes in Level 1: Town & Garden. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.

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SongLark teaches the Eurasian Blue 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 Eurasian Blue Tit comes in Level 1: Town & Garden. That Level is about the birds you hear every day.

Learn it with these birds in Level 1 of Birds of England

  • European Robin Erithacus rubecula

    A wistful, liquid warble of short varied phrases, sung all year and even at night under streetlights.

  • Common Blackbird Turdus merula

    Rich, mellow fluting song from an exposed perch; sharp alarm chatter.

  • Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

    A tiny bird with an explosive, rattling song of shrill notes and trills, astonishingly loud for its size.

  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus

    Monotonous cheeping and chirping around buildings.

  • Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus

    A soft, throaty five-note coo, 'coo-COO-coo, coo-coo', repeated a few times and cut off abruptly.

  • Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

    A monotonous three-note 'coo-COOO-cook' with the stress in the middle; a nasal 'kwurr' in flight.

  • Eurasian Magpie Pica pica

    A harsh, rapid machine-gun chatter, 'chak-chak-chak-chak'; a black-and-white bird with a long tail.

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