Crested Tit (Parus cristatus)
Carrbridge, Scotland
The Crested Tit is distributed in most of continental Europe and into the Ural mountains but only in the north of Scotland as far as the British Isles are concerned.
Crested Tit
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Crested tit
Crested tits are not as colourful as other tits, but have their identifying crests and black and white striped faces. They are characteristic birds of pinewoods and, as a pine plantation grows, so does its crested tit population.
Crested Tit
Both Sexes
Grey-brown upperparts, whitish underparts. Black and white crest.
Lophophanes cristatus ...
CRESTED TITMOUSE.
[Tufted Titmouse.]
PARUS BICOLOR, Linn.
[Parus bicolor.] ...
Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
Described by: Blyth (1844)
Alternate common name(s): Grey-crested Tit, Brown-crested Tit, Brown Tit
Old scientific name(s): Parus dichrous ...
Black-crested Titmouse
Adult
Similar Species
The Juniper Titmouse barely overlaps in range with the Black-crested Titmouse. It can be distinguished by its lack of black crest, darker gray undersides, and lack of rusty in the flanks.
Black-crested Titmouse
Relatives in same Genus
Bridled Titmouse (B. wollweberi) ...
Crested tit
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Black-crested Titmouse
Baeolophus atricristatus
Within the United States, the Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) occurs mainly in southern and parts of western Texas. The species also occurs in northeast Mexico.
Crested Tit, Parus cristatus (Lophophanes cristatus)
Grey-crested Tit, Parus dichrous (Lophophanes dichrous) ...
The Crested Tit only lives in woody areas. It prefers older pines and is therefore less common. If the crested Tit visits your garden it won't be very shy but it's also less forward than the three species already mentioned.
Rusty flanks
Birds from central and southern Texas (formerly a separate species, Black-crested Titmouse) have black crests and pale foreheads- map of breeding range
Sexes similar
Often found in small flocks ...
the crested tit of Eurasia and the tufted titmouse, Lophophanes bicolor, a mouse-gray bird with rust side patches common in the E United States. These typical titmice nest in tree cavities; the long-tailed tits weave complex bag nests.
Parus cristatus - Crested Tit
Parus atricapillus - Black-capped Chickadee (in Birds of NWO)
Sittidae - Nuthatches
Sitta
Sitta europaea - Nuthatch
Sitta carolensis - White-breasted Nuthatch (photo)
Sitta neumayer - Rock Nuthatch ...
 See also: Mouse, Titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, Warbler, Tit
  
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