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Oak Titmouse

Baeolophus inornatusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Titmice and Chickadees (Paridae)

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General

Oak Titmouse: Medium-sized titmouse with pale, brown-tinged gray upperparts and paler face and underparts. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has shorter crest.

Range and Habitat

Oak Titmouse: Resident from southern Oregon south to Baja California. Preferred habitats include live oaks and deciduous growth, including oak woodlands, streamside cottonwoods, forest edges, and oak-juniper woodlands.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"see-dee-dee", "chick-a-dee-dee"

Interesting Facts

 The Oak Titmouse mates for life, and pairs defend year-round territories.

 Unlike other members of the family, they do not form flocks in winter.

 A group of titmice are collectively known as a "banditry" and a "dissimulation" of titmice.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Titmice (Paridae)_blue
Species Baeolophus inornatus
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Oak Titmouse

Oak Titmouse: Medium-sized titmouse with pale, brown-tinged gray upperparts and paler face and underparts. The bill is small and black, and legs and feet are gray. Weak, fluttering flight. A recently formed species, and along with the Juniper Titmouse, was known as the Plain Titmouse until 1996.

● Song: "see-dee-dee", "chick-a-dee-dee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Oak Titmouse: Eats a variety of seeds, including acorns, and insects, which it gleans from trunks, branches, and foliage. May cling beneath branches or cones to pick off food; holds large seeds between its feet and pounds them open with jackhammer-like raps with its bill.

● Breeding & nesting: Oak Titmouse: Six to eight white eggs, sometimes with red brown spots, are laid in a tree cavity, fence-post hole, or crevice in an old building, stuffed with grass, fur, and some feathers. Incubation ranges from 14 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Oak Titmouse: Juniper Titmouse is slightly larger, paler gray overall, and has a different voice.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
Oak Titmouse Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Oak Titmouse: Resident from southern Oregon south to Baja California. Preferred habitats include live oaks and deciduous growth, including oak woodlands, streamside cottonwoods, forest edges, and oak-juniper woodlands.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationStable
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces