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Baeolophus ridgwayi

Photo by nitiman
Alto, New Mexico, USA, December 2006

[edit] Identification

• Small and gray
• Small crest
• Plain face
• Lighter gray undersides

Sexes similar

[edit] Distribtuion

Intermountain western United States and northern Sonora, Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

The American Ornithologists' Union split the Plain Titmouse into the Oak Titmouse and the Juniper Titmouse in 1996.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodlands of pinyon-juniper, juniper and desert riparian woods.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and spiders, also berries, acorns, and some seeds.

[edit] 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.

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