Bridled titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.5 inches
• Short bill
• Gray crest with black border
• Black eyeline and throat
• Pale gray upperparts
• Grayish-white underparts
• Sexes similar
• Often found in small flocks
• United States range restricted to parts of Arizona and New Mexico

Similar species:

The Bridled Titmouse can be told from the similarly-shaped Plain Titmouse by its black and white face pattern. Mexican and Mountain Chickadees lack the crest of the Bridled titmouse.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.