It is 6 centimeters long and is known as the cutest little bird.

It is said that this is the cutest little bird in the world. Its furry body and shiny black eyes can make people bleed with cuteness!

This small bird is called the silver-throated long-tailed tit. It is a bird of the genus Long-tailed Tit in the family Titidae. It is widely distributed in the world, almost all over the temperate and cold zones of Eurasia. In my country, except They are distributed in Tibet.

However, this kind of bird rarely lives in densely populated areas. It is more common in mountainous coniferous forests or mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests. Sometimes they also fly to farmland, rivers and even the woodlands of some parks to feed. In winter, they return to the deciduous woodland in the mountains.

The silver-throated long-tailed tit is very small, only 6 centimeters in length, and only 13 to 15 centimeters including its tail. The eggs they lay are even smaller, with a diameter of only 1 centimeter.

It is difficult to distinguish between male and female silver-throated long-tailed tits. Their feathers are mainly black and white, with occasional gray and pink feathers. Young birds will complete a complete moult before winter and look almost the same as adult birds. Silver-throated Long-tailed Tit mainly feeds on insects, preferring to eat arthropods, spiders, butterfly larvae, etc. It will also eat some fruits when the fruits mature in autumn.

Bird nests are usually built in bushes 3 meters below the ground, and rarely in tall trees. The Silver-throated Long-tailed Tit's nest is very carefully constructed and is made of four materials - lichen, feathers, spider webs and moss. The entire nest is in the shape of a sac, with a small and round entrance at the top. The feathers arranged inside make the nest Warm and soft, the moss is mixed with the spider web. The hooked edges of the moss leaves are connected with the spider silk, making the entire bird's nest strong and elastic. The lichen covering the outside makes the bird's nest and the surrounding environment integrated, providing a protective color. . The nest of the silver-throated long-tailed tit can be said to be a small home that is both strong, comfortable and safe.

A silver-throated long-tailed tit in its nest

Usually, silver-throated long-tailed tits often hold family gatherings, where the young birds learn how to live without having any offspring. The adult birds will also help raise the young birds. This is because individual silver-throated long-tailed tits have poor resistance to the environment and must stay in groups to survive better.