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DISTRIBUTION: In Texas, TBBAP data indicate that titmice breed mostly in the eastern woodlands, coastal prairies, south Texas brushlands, Edwards Plateau, and the north central plains.
The tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a small songbird from North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). The black-crested titmouse, found from central and southern Texas southward, [2] was included as a subspecies but now is considered a separate species, Baeolophus atricristatus. [3]
Somewhat stocky little bird with a gray crest, black eyes, and peach washed flanks. Found in eastern forests, parks, and backyards. Peachy flanks are often not as obvious on worn birds. Nests in holes in trees created naturally or excavated by woodpeckers.
The Black-crested Titmouse, found in mesquite shrub in Texas, southern Oklahoma, and northeastern Mexico, was once considered a Tufted Titmouse subspecies, but the two were split into separate species in 2002, based on differences in ecology, physiology, and song.
The range of Black-crested Titmice extends from Texas into extreme southwest Oklahoma (Stuart 2004) and northeast Mexico (Howell and Webb 1995, Am. Ornithol. Union 1998). SEASONAL OCCURRENCE. Black-crested Titmice are year-round residents of their breeding range (Lockwood and Freeman 2004)..
Two subspecies in Texas, commonly known as Black-crested Titmouse and Tufted Titmouse, could be found in North-central Texas. In 2002, the two subspecies were elevated to two separate species known by the same names. These birds are largely separated on the color of the crest.
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The westernmost subspecies, paloduro, is found mostly from the Big Bend region of Texas into adjacent Mexico; it has dark gray flanks. The sennetti subspecies ranges from southern Oklahoma southward to central Texas. It has paler flanks and a rusty tint to the forehead.
