Why do we call black and yellow birds titmouse? Detailed answer

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Why do we call black and yellow birds titmouse?

When we talk about tits, we mean, first of all, a typical representative of the genus Parus major - the great tit. This species, however, has a black and yellow color and does not justify its name from an etymological point of view. The fact is that initially another species was called a titmouse, the blue tit, which just differs in a noticeable blue color, and then this name became collective for the whole genus. There is another version of the origin of the name from onomatopoeia singing "sin-sin".

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