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Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
(A. c. major)
| Armenian Name: | Երկարագի երաշտահավ |
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See Plate 52 for Long-tailed Tit and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| 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. |
