Blue-bunnet
| Blue-bunnet (male) | |
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Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Faimily: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Cyanistes |
| Species: | C. caeruleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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| Blue-bunnet range African blue tit range | |
| Synonyms | |
Parus caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The blue-bunnet (Cyanistes caeruleus,[2] kent as blue kaip or ox-ee an aw) is a smaw passerine bird in the tit faimily Paridae. The bird is easily recognisable bi its blue an yellae plumage an its size.
Vlue-bunnets, uisually resident an non-migratory birds, are widespreid and a common resident breeder ootthrou temperate an subarctic Europe an wastren Asie in deciduous or mixed widlands wi a heich proportion o aik. Thay uisually nest in tree holes, awtho thay easily adapt tae nest boxes whaur necessar. Thair main rival for nests an in the sairch for fuid is the lairger an mair common big ox-ee.
The blue-bunnet prefers insects an speeders for its diet. Ootside the breedin saison, thay an aw eat seeds an ither vegetable-based fuids. The birds are famed for thair skill, as thay can cling tae the ootermaist brainches an hang upside doun whan leukin for fuid.
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