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A tomtit (Petroica macrocephala) is a species of passerine bird in the family Petroicidae found in New Zealand.

There are several subspecies, including:

• Chatham tomtit

Tomtit may also refer to:

Birds

• Various species of titmouse of the family Paridae, the tits
  • In Britain, especially
    • Cyanistes caeruleus, the blue tit
    • Parus major, the great tit
  • In the US, Poecile atricapilla, the black-capped chickadee
• Other small birds unrelated to the titmice
  • Various wrens of the family Troglodytidae
  • In the US, some nuthatches of the family Sittidae
  • In Australia, some thornbills of the family Acanthizidae

Other

• The Hawker Tomtit, a Royal Air Force training biplane of the 1920s.
• The Blackburne Tomtit, an engine for light aircraft, c. 1922
• Tom Tit, a pen name of Arthur Good (1853-1928), a French science popularizer

See also

• Tit (disambiguation)#Birds
• Tom Tits Experiment, a Swedish science center

Notes

1. "tomtit, n.", Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2023-03-02, retrieved 2024-11-17

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