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Alternative name: Mexican Titmouse

Baeolophus atricristatus

Photo by ponytail1414
Photo taken: Austin, Texas

[edit] Identification

15cm

• Rusty flanks
• Gray upperparts
• Whitish belly
  

Male

• Long, dark black crest - usually erect

Female crest is lighter

[edit] Distribution

Southern Texas, Oklahoma, and east-central Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

Some authorities consider this taxon to be a part of Tufted Titmouse.

There are 5 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Areas with trees.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes berries, nuts, spiders, insects, and insect eggs.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in tree cavities, telephone poles, fence posts, and bird boxes. The eggs are white with reddish-brown spots, usually 4-7 in the clutch.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: peter, peter, peter.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links