Juniper Titmouse
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Paridae
About
The juniper titmouse is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists' Union split the plain titmouse into the oak titmouse and the juniper titmouse in 1996, due to distinct differences in song, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup.
Fun Fact
The American Ornithologists' Union split the plain titmouse into the oak titmouse and the juniper titmouse in 1996, due to distinct differences in song, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Lives year-round primarily in the Great Basin, but is resident from southeastern Oregon and central Colorado south to the eastern Mojave Desert in California and central Arizona, as far as west Texas and extreme northeastern Sonora, Mexico-(the Madrean sky islands).
Diet
Eats insects and spiders, sometimes seen catching insects in mid air.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance