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Bridled Titmouse

Baeolophus wollweberiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Titmice and Chickadees (Paridae)
Bridled Titmouse Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye color: Brown iris
  • Head Pattern: Crested or plumed
  • Crown color: Black, Gray
  • Forehead color: White, Black, Gray
  • Nape Color: Black
  • Throat color: Black
  • Cere color:
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Bridled Titmouse Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 10-13 cm (4-5.25 in)
  • Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: White with gray wash.
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Bridled Titmouse Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats. Short-distance flights with several quick wing beats, then wings pulled to sides, repeated.
  • Wingspan Range: 17-20 cm (7-8 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray
  • Under Tail: Gray
  • Leg color: Gray
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Family Titmice (Paridae)_blue
Species Baeolophus wollweberi
Length4 - 5.25 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Bridled Titmouse

Bridled Titmouse: Small titmouse, gray upperparts, black-bordered gray crest, white face, black bib, eyestripe, ear patch border, pale gray underparts. Gray wings, tail. Weak flight with shallow wing beats. Flies short distances with several quick wing beats, then pulls wings to sides.

● Song: "chee-wee", "chick-a-dee-dee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Bridled Titmouse: Eats insects, pine seeds, acorns, and other seeds. Gleans insects from leaves and twigs, often hanging upside down; holds food under feet for pecking. Often forages in mixed species flocks.

● Breeding & nesting: Bridled Titmouse: Five to seven white eggs are laid in a nest made of moss, lined with animal fur, feathers, and shredded bark, and built from 4 to 8 feet above the ground in a conifer, deciduous tree, nest box, or snag. Female incubates eggs for about 14 days.

● Similar species: Bridled Titmouse: Mountain Chickadee is crestless and has white eyestripe that does not connect with bib. Juniper Titmouse is gray overall, slightly darker on wings, tail and upperparts, and lacks facial markings.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats. Short-distance flights with several quick wing beats, then wings pulled to sides, repeated.
Bridled Titmouse Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Bridled Titmouse: Resident from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico southward through mountains of Mexico to southern Mexico. Preferred habitats include oak and mixed oak-pine-juniper woodlands.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationStable and common
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces