Comment. To me, the bird's head/neck in the original looks a bit odd and atypical. Obviously the bird really did have its head in that attitude, but even so, it doesn't look very represntative to me of the bird's usual appearance. 86.183.29.172 (talk) 03:17, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I have just checked dozens and dozens of pictures of great tits from Google image search, and I don't see a single one whose head/neck shape relative to body looks like the one here, so I'm sticking to my "atypical" claim. 86.190.50.223 (talk) 18:07, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Compare this blue tit to this blue tit. It's just to do with the pose. The feathers can be raised by the birds themselves for various reasons, or sometimes they appear raised just because of the wind. I'll leave whether to support or oppose up to you, but it's not like the photo is of a freak bird or anything. J Milburn (talk) 09:25, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's an interesting question as to whether, for a given species, there is such a thing as a 'typical' or best encyclopaedic pose that can be captured in vivo. Many good field guides use rather upright, stiff-looking drawings for small passerines - in fact, all of the tits in my Helm's guide show the birds with head proud from the body. Check out this 300-odd year old Great tit illustration - it's got its head/neck in a similar position to the original nom here, although its crest is frustratingly down :-) --Baresi F (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]