Bird name:

Juniper Titmouse

Baeolophus ridgwayi

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Titmice and Chickadees (Paridae)

Code 4

JUTI

Code 6

BAERID

ITIS

650445

Breeding Location:

Forest edge

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Stable, Uncommon to fairly common

Egg Color:

White, sometimes faintly marked with red brown

Number of Eggs:

3 - 9

Incubation Days:

14 - 16

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Lined with moss, grass, weeds, bark, feathers, and hair.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Juniper Titmouse: Small titmouse with gray upperparts, paler underparts, and plain gray, crested head. Tail is long and dark. Sexes are similar. Formerly considered a subspecies of the Plain Titmouse.

Range and Habitat

Juniper Titmouse: Resident in western and southwest U.S. Pinyon-juniper woods are favored habitat.

Breeding and Nesting

Juniper Titmouse: Three to nine white eggs, sometimes faintly marked with red brown, are laid in a tree cavity, fence-post hole, or crevice. The nest is composed of grass, fur, and some feathers. Incubation ranges from 14 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Juniper Titmouse: Eats insects, berries, and seeds. Gleans insects from tree trunks, branches, and foliage; also forages on the ground. Often clings beneath limbs or cones to extract seeds.

Readily Eats

Suet, Sunflower Seed

Vocalization

Juniper Titmouse: Call is a raspy "tschick-adee." Song is a rolling series of notes sung on the same pitch.

Similar Species

Juniper Titmouse: Oak Titmouse is slightly smaller and is mousy gray-brown overall. Bridled Titmouse has darker gray upperparts, longer crest, and white face with black eyeline.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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