crested tit

noun

1. a small European songbird, Parus cristatus, that has a greyish-brown plumage with a prominent speckled black-and-white crest: family Paridae (tits)

Example Sentences

Seven; but the crested tit is very uncommon, and the bearded tit does not occur in Shropshire.

From Project Gutenberg

The titmouse tribe are abundant; but we never see the rarer species, the bearded or the crested tit.

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