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The name titmouse is recorded from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name for the bird, mase (Proto-Germanic *maison, Dutch mees, German Meise), and tit, denoting something small. The former spelling, "titmose", was influenced by mouse in the 16th century. [ 2 ]
The tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a small songbird native to eastern North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family . The black-crested titmouse , found from central and southern Texas southward, [ 2 ] was included as a subspecies but now is considered a separate species, Baeolophus atricristatus .
Baeolophus is a genus of birds in the family Paridae, commonly called tits.Its members are known as titmouses or titmice.All the species are native to North America.In the past, most authorities retained Baeolophus as a subgenus within the genus Parus, but treatment as a distinct genus, initiated by the American Ornithological Society, is now widely accepted.
The oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) 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. [2] The oak titmouse is a small, brown-tinged gray bird with small ...
Great tit in Sweden, winter 2016. The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland; most great tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh ...
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, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup. [2] The juniper titmouse is a small, gray bird with small tuft ...
A number of coal tit subspecies are distinguished. The differences in colouration are quite pronounced in some of them, while their differences in size are more subtle. Coal tits from Asia follow Bergmann's rule, being larger in colder regions; those from further west, however, do not, as the birds from the uplands around the Mediterranean are larger than those from northern Eu
Eurasian blue tit on a ground, April. The Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) [2] is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae.It is easily recognizable by its blue and yellow plumage and small size.