Tufted Titmouse

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

Codes: Common Name: TUTI Scientific Name: BAEBIC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 554138

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Plain, Crested or plumed, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Dark gray tuft.
Forehead Color: Dark Gray
Nape Color: Medium gray
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 17 cm (6.5 in)
Weight: 23 g (0.8 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: Black, Gray, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: White with red-brown sides and flanks.
Upperparts: Gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering short flights with shallow rapid wing beats., Flittering flight with several quick wing beats alternating with wings drawn to sides, then repeated.
Wingspan Range: 27 cm (10.75 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray
Under Tail: Gray
Leg Color: Gray-black

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Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse: The largest titmouse, it has gray upperparts, pale gray underparts, rust-brown flanks. Head has dark gray cap and crest, pale gray face, and white eye-ring. Bill is black. Wings and tail are gray. Legs and feet are gray. Most spend their entire lives not far from their birthplace.

● Song: "peter;peter;peter", "peto,peto,peto"

● Foraging & Feeding: Tufted Titmouse: Eats insects, spiders, snails, various berries, acorns, and seeds. Forages in trees, sometimes upside down; often in mixed species flocks

● Breeding & nesting: Tufted Titmouse: Four to eight brown-speckled, creamy white eggs are laid in a natural cavity, bird box, or woodpecker hole lined with bark, leaves, soft grass, moss, snakeskin, and bits of animal fur. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Tufted Titmouse: Phainopepla is larger and dull gray overall.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering short flights with shallow rapid wing beats., Flittering flight with several quick wing beats alternating with wings drawn to sides, then repeated.

● Range & Habitat: Tufted Titmouse: Breeds from eastern Nebraska, southern Michigan, and Maine south to Texas, the Gulf Coast, and central Florida. Preferred habitats include swampy or moist woodlands, and urban shade trees.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.8 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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