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.
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.
Nervously flits around from branch to branch in the understory of oak forests, evergreen woodlands, dry scrublands, streamsides, and suburbs.
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.
Tiny bird that looks like a ping-pong ball with a long tail. Females have pale eyes while males and juveniles have dark eyes.
Males and females help build a hanging socklike nest made from spider webs and plant material.
Individuals in the interior have grayer crowns and brown cheeks. Females have pale eyes while males and juveniles have dark eyes.
Parents feed fledglings for up to 2 weeks after they leave the nest.
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.
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.
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Bushtits are tiny, kinglet-sized birds. They are plump and large-headed, with long tails and short, stubby bills.
Slightly smaller than a chickadee; about the size of a kinglet.
sparrow-sized or smallerIndividuals of this species tend to be darker in more humid coastal areas. Along the Pacific Coast, Bushtits have brown crowns; birds farther inland have gray crowns. The frequency of Bushtits with blackish masks increases in southern parts of the range.
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