Due to demonstrations in Paris on Saturday, October 17, 2026, access to the Louvre Museum will be limited.
Only visitors with an admission ticket will be able to access the museum via the Galerie du Carrousel and the Cour Napoléon (Pyramid and Passage Richelieu entrances)

Long-tailed Tit

Unnoticed biodiversity

Identification

Common name: Long-tailed Tit
Latin name: Aegithalos caudatus
Length: 14 cm
Distinguishing features: whitish belly, pinkish flanks, white cap, very long tail
Habitat: woodland
Diet: insects and seeds
Status: remarkable species, Near Threatened in the Ile-de-France region
Nesting period: March to June

Seen in the garden

The Long-tailed Tit is harder to spot than the Blue Tit and Great Tit.

The species was heard in the Grand Couvert during a naturalist survey conducted in winter 2023.

Long-tailed Tit - song then various family calls

Audio

1 min.

Did you know?

The Long-tailed Tit, like the other tits in the parks and gardens of Paris, has seen its numbers rise in recent years.
In the 2015–2018 period, between seventy-five and one hundred breeding pairs were recorded in Paris. This increase could be due to improved management practices, including the end of pesticide use.

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