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Juniper Titmouse

Baeolophus ridgwayiOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Titmice and Chickadees (Paridae)

Codes: Common Name: JUTI Scientific Name: BAERID ITIS Taxonomic No.: 650445

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Plain, Crested or plumed
Crown Color: Pale Gray
Forehead Color: Pale Gray
Nape Color: Pale Gray
Throat Color: Gray
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 13 cm (5.5 in)
Weight: 17 g (0.6 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Gray
Underparts: White with gray wash.
Upperparts: Pale Gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Short weak fluttering flights with rapid shallow wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 20 cm (8 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray
Under Tail: Gray
Leg Color: Gray-black

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Juniper Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse: Small titmouse with gray upperparts, paler underparts, and plain gray, crested head. Tail is long and dark. Along with the Oak Titmouse, was known as the Plain Titmouse until 1996, when they were shown to be seperate species due to differences in song, habitat, and genetic makeup.

● Song: "tschick-adee"

● Foraging & 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.

● Breeding & 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.

● 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.

Flight Pattern

Short weak fluttering flights with rapid shallow wing beats.

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

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationStable, Uncommon to fairly common

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.6 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

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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Juniper Titmouse

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