Oak Titmouse

Baeolophus inornatus (Gambel, 1845)

Oak Titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus, is a tit in the family Paridae that breeds in western USA and Baja California. It is a resident bird of open oak woodland and oak-pine forest, and can also use other forest where oaks are present. The bird is a plain, brown-tinged grey species with a small crest, a simple face and paler underparts. Males and females look much the same. It was split from the plain titmouse in 1996 on the basis of differences in song, habitat choice and genetics.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Paridae — Tits, Chickadees

Breeding range

North America, Middle America: w USA and Baja California