Oak Titmouse
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Baeolophus
Species: inornatus
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Description
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Length: 5.75"
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Wing span: 9"
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Weight: 0.6 oz (17 grams)
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Small gray songbird with short crest on top of head
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Small dark bill
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Dark eyes
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Lighter gray on upperparts than below
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Sexes are silimar in plumage
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Juveniles resemble adults but with softer feathers and moore loosely textured
VERY SIMILAR TO Juniper Titmouse
Factoids:
- Formerly lumped with the Juniper Titmouse as the species known appropriately as Plain Titmouse, the Oak Titmouse is small drab bird whose small head tuft is nearly its only field mark
- The Oak Titmouse sleeps in cavities or in dense foliage. When roosting in foliage, the titmouse chooses a twig surrounded by dense foliage or an accumulation of dead pine needles, simulating a roost in a cavity
- The Oak Titmouse mates for life, and pairs defend year-round territories. Most titmice find a mate in their first fall. Those that do not are excluded from territories and must live in marginal habitat until they find a vacancy
- The Oak Titmouse, unlike other members of the family, does not form flocks in winter
All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2006
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds.
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