Is it true that tits eat sparrows?

Weekly magazine “Arguments and Facts” No. 5. The roles played by Leonid Kuravlev are relevant today 02/02/2022 The expert’s answer is 0 + –

Cases of great tits attacking other birds are known. Also, beetles, bees, smaller rodents, etc. can be found in their diet. «But still it cannot be said that the tit is a daring predator, – says biologist, ecologist Svyatoslav Zabelin. Even in the frosty winter period, 90% of the diet of this bird is plant food. A tit does not attack sparrows like a kite. And only as an exception, on the hungriest days, she does not refuse a meat diet.

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