Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Passeriformes
        Family: Paridae
          Genus: Baeolophus
            Species: ridgwayi

Juniper Titmouse - Baeolophus ridgwayi

Juniper Titmouse

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Juniper Titmouse is a small (13-14 cm) gray bird with a prominent tuft on its head. They live in the Great Basin and Upper Sonoran, from Oregon, southeast across the Four Corners. They are associated with pinyon-juniper woodlands and a large part of their diet is pinyon seeds and acorns, though they also eat insects and berries.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S4B

State Status:

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status: BLM WATCH

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 427

Number of Mapped Locations: 2402

Number of Observations: 2633

Observation date range: 03-05-1928 to 09-11-2020

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