Tufted titmouse
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Tufted titmouse ( Baeolophus bicolor ) |
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The Tufted Titmouse ( Baeolophus bicolor ) is an American Singvogelart.
features
This 15 cm long bird has a gray top, a white underside and rust-colored flanks, a white face, a small, pointed gray hood , a black and short, powerful beak. The tufted titmouse is a lively, noisy bird whose reputation is a Pieter - Pieter - Pieter .
Occurrence
The distribution area of the tufted titmouse stretches from southeast Canada through the east of the USA to northeast Mexico . It lives in forests, bushes and, especially when fed in winter, in gardens. The species spreads northwards through winter feeding.
behavior
The tufted titmouse looks for insects, especially caterpillars, but also seeds, berries and nuts on branches, sometimes on the ground. The animal is a resident bird and forms small, mixed flocks of birds in winter.
Reproduction
The tufted titmouse breeds in deciduous and mixed forests. A shell nest made of hair, wool, leaves and grass is built in a tree hole or a nest box. The clutch consists of up to eight eggs. Sometimes the young birds from the previous year help raise the young. Even after the breeding season, the breeding pair stays together and defends its territory.
literature
- Colin Harrison, Alan Greensmith: Birds: with more than 800 species . Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2005, ISBN 978-3-8310-0785-1
- Bryan Richard: Birds: over 400 species from around the world . Parragon, Bath 2006, ISBN 978-1-4054-5506-0
Web links
- Baeolophus bicolor in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2004. Retrieved on January 25 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Baeolophus bicolor in the Internet Bird Collection