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Bird call
Great Tit (Parus major) call
A loud, ringing 'teacher-teacher' see-saw, plus a huge range of chinks and churrs.
Listen to the Great Tit call
A field recording of the Great Tit (Parus major) by Stephen James McWilliam, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Great Tit in garden habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Great Tit
These birds belong to the tit family, like the Great 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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Coal Tit Periparus ater
A fast, high 'pitchoo-pitchoo-pitchoo', thinner and quicker than a Great Tit's song.
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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 Great Tit
What does the Great Tit sound like?
A loud, ringing 'teacher-teacher' see-saw, plus a huge range of chinks and churrs. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Great Tit?
Eurasian Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Oak Titmouse and Black-capped Chickadee sound similar.
Where can I hear the Great Tit?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of England course.
How can I learn the Great 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.
Courses
Learn this call in
SongLark teaches the Great 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 Great 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
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European Robin Erithacus rubecula
A wistful, liquid warble of short varied phrases, sung all year and even at night under streetlights.
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Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Rich, mellow fluting song from an exposed perch; sharp alarm chatter.
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Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
A tiny bird with an explosive, rattling song of shrill notes and trills, astonishingly loud for its size.
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Monotonous cheeping and chirping around buildings.
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Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
A soft, throaty five-note coo, 'coo-COO-coo, coo-coo', repeated a few times and cut off abruptly.
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Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
A monotonous three-note 'coo-COOO-cook' with the stress in the middle; a nasal 'kwurr' in flight.
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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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