Warbla · Library
Coal tit
Periparus ater · Family Paridae
Periparus ater
Family Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,539,182
- Countries and territories with records
- 83
About this species
This species has 2,539,182 occurrence records from 83 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (17.9%), the United Kingdom (16%), Finland (10.2%), France (9.4%) and Spain (8.7%); together they account for 62% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.44% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Periparus ater combines the genus name Periparus with the species epithet ater. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Periparus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Periparus venustulus, Periparus elegans and Periparus rubidiventris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 61 species of the family Paridae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Poecile atricapillus. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (1,310,770). The family Paridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.