Tufted Titmouse Bird Facts Video

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The birds have this pointed gray crest on top of their heads, and there’s a black mark on their forehead. Their wings and back areas are gray.  Their underparts are white, with reddish-brown flanks.

Here’s where it gets interesting – both males and females share a strikingly similar plumage. In fact, they’re so alike that it’s incredibly difficult to tell them apart based on looks alone.

Video transcript:
The Tufted Titmouse, brought to you by Bird Informer.
The Tufted Titmouse is a bold bird that will respond to your call.

Tufted Titmouse facts.
* Their common name is Tufted Titmouse.
* They have a life span of 2.1 years.
* They range in size from 5.5 to 6.3 inches
* Their wingspan ranges from 7.9 to 10.2 inches 

The birds have this pointed gray crest on top of their heads, and there’s a black mark on their forehead. Their wings and back areas are gray. Their underparts are white, with reddish-brown flanks.

Here’s where it gets interesting – both males and females share a strikingly similar plumage. In fact, they’re so alike that it’s incredibly difficult to tell them apart based on looks alone. Both sexes sport the same gray upperparts and white underparts, with a white face and a black patch just above their bill.

These birds flaunt a dash of peachy rust color on the flanks that really makes them pop.

Where You’ll See A Tufted Titmouse.
They are found in the eastern part of the United States, east of the Great Plains, and southern Ontario. They stay in deciduous woodlands and sometimes in mixed evergreen-deciduous forests. They love visiting backyards and bird feeders.

Tufted titmouse bird migration.
These guys are permanent resident birds, meaning that you're likely to see them in the same place, regardless of the seasons.

Tufted titmouse diet.
Titmice are omnivores eating mainly insects and seeds. Caterpillars are essential to their diet, but they also eat bees, wasps, beetles, treehoppers, and spiders. The interesting behavior of the Tufted Titmouse. They open nuts or seeds by holding them with their feet and hammering them with their beaks. When fall and winter seasons come, you’ll find them gathering food to eat and storing them under any objects on the ground.

The Tufted Titmouse bird call sounds like "peter-peter-peter".

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