Oak Titmouse
Adult
Similar Species
Nearly identical to Juniper Titmouse. Slightly larger; more brown on back. Ranges overlap only in small area in California.
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
The Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) is a resident from southern Oregon southward through much of California and into northern Baja. The one in the top image here was at Yucaipa, San Bernardino Co.
Another instance of titmouse taxonomical tampering is the spinning of the Oak Titmouse (B. inornatus) and the Juniper Titmouse (B. ridgwayi) out of what was once the Plain Titmouse.
Bridled Titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi
Oak Titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus
Juniper Titmouse, Baeolophus ridgwayi
Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor
Black-crested Titmouse, Baeolophus atricristatus ...
Territories often adjoin those of the Oak Titmouse, with which the chickadee competes for nest sites and, to some extent, food -- though chickadees tend to forage more often on finer foliage than titmice, which forage more frequently on branches.
The Juniper Titmouse, Baeolophus ridgwayi, 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, ...
Titmouse, Juniper Baeolophus ridgwayi Found: North America
Photographed by: Tony Randell
The Juniper Titmouse is very similar to the Oak Titmouse ...
resources from the following mammals and birds: eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) [90], California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) [72], white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), oak titmouse ...
 See also: Titmouse, Mouse, Tufted Titmouse, Nuthatche, Nuthatch
  
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