Bushtit Photo Gallery
Male (Pacific)
Tiny, kinglet-sized birds. They are plump and large-headed, with a long tail and a short, stubby bill. Plain brown and gray overall, but plumage color varies geographically.
© Paul Fenwick / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, October 07, 2020Male (Interior)
Tiny with a long tail and short bill. Individuals in the interior are paler gray and have gray crowns with tan cheeks while those closer to the coast have brown crowns.
© Darren Clark / Macaulay LibraryIdaho, March 13, 2017Male
Nervously flits around from branch to branch in the understory of oak forests, evergreen woodlands, dry scrublands, streamsides, and suburbs.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 01, 1997Not all videos have soundMale (melanotis Group)
Males in southwest Texas southward through Mexico have black masks and females have brown masks. The mask color tends to get darker as one moves farther south.
© Anuar López / Macaulay LibraryEstado de México, February 23, 2019Female (Pacific)
Tiny bird that looks like a ping-pong ball with a long tail. Females have pale eyes while males and juveniles have dark eyes.
© DigiBirdTrek CA / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 27, 2020Adult
Males and females help build a hanging socklike nest made from spider webs and plant material.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryArizona, May 01, 2006Not all videos have soundFemale (Interior)
Individuals in the interior have grayer crowns and brown cheeks. Females have pale eyes while males and juveniles have dark eyes.
© Darren Clark / Macaulay LibraryIdaho, November 13, 2019Adult and juvenile
Parents feed fledglings for up to 2 weeks after they leave the nest.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, May 01, 2005Not all videos have soundMale (melanotis Group)
Females in southwest Texas southward through Mexico have brown masks while males have black masks, the color of which become darker as one heads farther south.
© Miguel Aguilar @birdnomad / Macaulay LibraryCiudad de México, April 11, 2018Male (Pacific)
Tiny, kinglet-sized bird with a long tail and short bill. Almost always on the move twittering as it goes. Birds along the coast have browner crowns.
© Matt Davis / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 26, 2017Flock
Sprightly, social songbirds often seen in constantly twittering flocks.
© Alane Gray / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, July 22, 2018Habitat
Found in open woods or scrubby areas, particularly pine-oak woodlands and chaparral, as well as suburbs and parks.
© Taylor Abbott / Macaulay LibraryUtah, May 06, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Long-tailed Tits(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Aegithalidae)
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