great tit

American  

noun

1. an Old World titmouse, Parus major, yellowish green above with white cheeks.

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great tit British  

noun

1. a large common Eurasian tit, Parus major, with yellow-and-black underparts and a black-and-white head

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Etymology

Origin of great tit

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Researchers plan to continue monitoring the great tit population in Wytham Woods to understand how these weather effects may shift in the future.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

In Wytham Wood this April - the UK's most scientifically studied woodland - great tit hatchlings emerged from their eggs up to three weeks earlier than they would have done in the 1940s.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2022

"We can ask how productivity and survival change over time, as well as behaviours like dispersal and migration," says Prof Ben Sheldon from Oxford University, who currently leads the great tit project.

From BBC • May 4, 2022

The great tit, a black-and-yellow bird with a call like a squeaky seesaw, is common across Europe and is a frequent visitor to bird feeders.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2017

Now we get on the Duke's Drive, and there, on a branch of a poplar tree, I see the great tit.

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