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[[Image:Juniper_Titmouse.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nitiman.<br/>Photo taken: Alto, New Mexico, USA.]] | [[Image:Juniper_Titmouse.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nitiman.<br/>Photo taken: Alto, New Mexico, USA.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Small | + | *Small and grey |
| + | *Small crest | ||
| + | *Plain face | ||
| + | *Lighter gray undersides | ||
| + | |||
| + | Sexes similar | ||
==Distribtuion== | ==Distribtuion== | ||
Intermountain west [[United States]] and northern Sonora, [[Mexico]]. | Intermountain west [[United States]] and northern Sonora, [[Mexico]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | The American Ornithologists' Union split the Plain Titmouse into the [[Oak Titmouse]] and the Juniper Titmouse in 1996. | + | The American Ornithologists' Union split the Plain Titmouse into the [[Oak Titmouse]] and the [[Juniper Titmouse]] in 1996. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open woodlands of pinyon-juniper, juniper and desert riparian woods. | Open woodlands of pinyon-juniper, juniper and desert riparian woods. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes insects and spiders, also berries, acorns, and some seeds. | The diet includes insects and spiders, also berries, acorns, and some seeds. | ||
| − | + | ====Breeding==== | |
Its nest is lined with grass, moss, mud, hair, feathers, and fur. 3-9 eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 14-16 days. | Its nest is lined with grass, moss, mud, hair, feathers, and fur. 3-9 eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 14-16 days. | ||
Revision as of 01:35, 28 January 2008
- Baeolophus ridgwayi
Identification
- Small and grey
- Small crest
- Plain face
- Lighter gray undersides
Sexes similar
Distribtuion
Intermountain west United States and northern Sonora, Mexico.
Taxonomy
The American Ornithologists' Union split the Plain Titmouse into the Oak Titmouse and the Juniper Titmouse in 1996.
Habitat
Open woodlands of pinyon-juniper, juniper and desert riparian woods.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and spiders, also berries, acorns, and some seeds.
Breeding
Its nest is lined with grass, moss, mud, hair, feathers, and fur. 3-9 eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 14-16 days.
