Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Aves β€ΊOrder: Passeriformes β€ΊFamily: Paridae β€ΊGenus: Baeolophus

About

The tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a small songbird from North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). The black-crested titmouse, found from central and southern Texas southward, was included as a subspecies, but now is considered a separate species, (Baeolophus atricristatus).