Tufted titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.5-5.5 inches
• Short bill
• Gray crest
• Dark forehead
• Pale gray upperparts
• White underparts
• Rusty flanks
• Birds from central and southern Texas (formerly a separate species, Black-crested Titmouse) have black crests and pale foreheads-
• Sexes similar
• Often found in small flocks

Similar species:

The Tufted Titmouse is similar to the Plain Titmouse but has rusty flanks and a black forehead (or crest).

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