African Blue Tit

African Blue Tit perched in a barren bush.
African Blue Tit ssp. degener, 18 Calle Temisa, Lanzarote, Spain, July 27, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/11; 1/800 sec.

This page is for the African blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae). The first of this species was observed on Lanzarote which makes it the degener subspecies. Two other subspecies were photographed on other islands.

African Blue Tit perched in a barren bush and pecking at a branch.
African Blue Tit ssp. degener, 18 Calle Temisa, Lanzarote, Spain, July 27, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/11; 1/800 sec.
African Blue Tit (degener subspecies) grasping a small branch deep in a tree canopy.
African Blue Tit ssp. degener, Pajara, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-10,000; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
African Blue Tit perched on a tree branch in the canopy of tree leaves.
African Blue Tit ssp hedwigae, Jardin Botanico Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria, Canarias, Spain, July 31, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
African Blue Tit perched on a broken branch coming of a pine tree trunk.
African Blue Tit ssp hedwigae, Bailico, Gran Canaria, Canarias, Spain, July 31, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-250; f/10; 1/60 sec.
African Blue Tit teneriffae ssp,, Pino Gordo, Tenerife, Spain, August 2, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-10,000; f/11; 1/800 sec. -0.3 exposure bias