long-tailed tit

British  

noun

1. a small European songbird, Aegithalos caudatus, with a black, white, and pink plumage and a very long tail: family Paridae (tits)

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Example Sentences

I’ll never get to enjoy the comforts of the nest of a long-tailed tit.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2011

And that long-tailed tit uses the spider silk in Velcro-like fashion, detaching it from the lichen and moss and then reattaching to expand the nest if it has a larger brood.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2011

He is postponing his retirement at least until he can get on wax the elusive stone curlew and the long-tailed tit.

From Time Magazine Archive

The long-tailed tit, so called on account of the great length of the tail feathers, is a very active, lively little bird.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

In blackthorn the long-tailed tit builds the domed nest every one admires.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard