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Birdsong field guide

Bridled Titmouse

Baeolophus wollweberi

The Bridled Titmouse is a small, expressive songbird identified by its prominent crest and intricate black-and-white facial markings. It is a highly social species typically found in the montane oak woodlands of the desert southwest.

What it sounds like

A high-pitched, rapid, and scratchy 'pidi-pidi-pidi-pidi' or a buzzy, squeaky 'chick-a-dee' variant.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Barry Edmonston · MexicoCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

It is the only North American titmouse with a complex black-and-white facial 'bridle' pattern.
Unlike many other parids, it often forms large, stable social groups that persist outside the breeding season.
The species is frequently the nuclear member of mixed-species foraging flocks, leading warblers and kinglets.
They are secondary cavity nesters, often utilizing old woodpecker holes or natural rot in oak trees.
Their diet is highly insectivorous during summer but shifts to include acorns and pine seeds in winter.

Habitat

Oak-juniper and pine-oak woodlands, especially in riparian canyons and mountain foothills.

Range

Highlands of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and southward through the mountains of Mexico to Oaxaca.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatus Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor

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