Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Black-crested Titmouse is closely related to the Tufted Titmouse, and regularly hybridizes with it where the two species’ ranges meet. This lively little specialty of central and southern Texas was considered a subspecies of Tufted Titmouse until 2002, when enough differences in the ecology, physiology, and song were identified to warrant its split into a separate species.
What does the rather odd name of “titmouse” mean, and what does it tell us about this small bird?
Read on to find out more: abcbirds.org/bird/black-crested-titmouse
The Black-crested Titmouse is closely related to the Tufted Titmouse, and regularly hybridizes with it where the two species’ ranges meet. This lively little specialty of central and southern Texas was considered a subspecies of Tufted Titmouse until 2002, when enough differences in the ecology, physiology, and song were identified to warrant its split into a separate species.
What does the rather odd name of “titmouse” mean, and what does it tell us about this small bird?
Read on to find out more: abcbirds.org/bird/black-crested-titmouse
