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Baeolophus ridgwayi

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

Identification

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

Sexes similar

Distribtuion

Intermountain western 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.

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