Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) - HBW 12, p. 730
French: Mésange à plumet noir
German: Schwarzhäubchenmeise
Spanish: Herrerillo Crestinegro
Taxonomy: Parus atricristatus Cassin, 1850, Rio Grande, Texas, USA.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Forms a superspecies with B. inornatus, B. ridgwayi and B. bicolor. Was until recently treated as conspecific with last of these, and the two hybridize in a narrow zone in C Texas, but they generally differ somewhat in ecology; further study required. Races intergrade widely in overlap zones; proposed race dysleptus in S USA (W Texas) and adjacent N Mexico (S to Sierra del Carmen, in Coahuila) synonymized with paloduro. Birds of race sen.. View all taxonomy...
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Forms a superspecies with B. inornatus, B. ridgwayi and B. bicolor. Was until recently treated as conspecific with last of these, and the two hybridize in a narrow zone in C Texas, but they generally differ somewhat in ecology; further study required. Races intergrade widely in overlap zones; proposed race dysleptus in S USA (W Texas) and adjacent N Mexico (S to Sierra del Carmen, in Coahuila) synonymized with paloduro. Birds of race sennetti have been referred to using the older names castaneifrons and texensis, but both of these older names appear to be based on hybrids. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- paloduro Stevenson, 1940 - S USA (N Texas, SW Oklahoma), also SW Texas (Trans-Pecos) S to N Mexico (extreme E Chihuahua, NW Coahuila).
- sennetti Ridgway, 1904 - C & S Texas.
- atricristatus ( Cassin, 1850) - S Texas (Rio Grande Valley) and NE Mexico.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Immature foraging Locality Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp sennetti)
Malcolm Mark Swan 22 August 2010 13 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
Adult indirectly scratching head Locality Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp sennetti)
Malcolm Mark Swan 5 April 2008 13 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
Adult bringing food Locality Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp sennetti)
Malcolm Mark Swan 18 April 2010 13 weeks ago 25 sec 3.7 -
Adult hopping branches Locality Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp sennetti)
Malcolm Mark Swan 28 April 2009 13 weeks ago 17 sec 3.7
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in a tree
Locality Agua Zarca, San Luis Potosí State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp atricristatus)
Michael Retter 1 December 2008 2 years ago 3
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