Great Crested Tit

The great crested tit (Parus americanus) is a species of small bird part of the tit family. It is a member of the old world tit group, but strangely somewhere in the Late Pleistocene, this species had somehow made it into and established in North America, making it the only old world tit to be native to North America (the new world). The great crested tit strongly resembles a great tit (Parus major) in appearance other than a short crest on its head, in which this species is named for. The great crested tit is an omnivore and mainly feeds on seeds, wheats, berries, insects, and spiders, but can also feed on some man-made food. The conservation status of the great crested tits is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the birds' tolerance to human activities, and, strangely for a bird of its size, resistance to otherwise deadly diseases and viruses, including West Nile viruses.