Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Black-crested Titmouse
Common Names in French:
Mésange à plumet noir
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,228 meters (0 to 7,310 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
()
- Family:
Paridae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Genus:
Baeolophus
()
- Cabanis 1850
- Specific name:
atricristatus
- (Cassin) 1850
- Scientific name: - Baeolophus atricristatus Cassin, 1850 (Cassin) 1850
- Specific name:
atricristatus
- (Cassin) 1850
- Genus:
Baeolophus
(
- Family:
Paridae
(
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Baeolophus atricristatus (Cassin, 1850)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Jul-2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Baeolophus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. atricristatus (Black-Crested Titmouse) · B. bicolor (Tufted Titmouse) · B. inornatus (Oak Titmouse) · B. inornatus inornatus (Oak Titmouse) · B. ridgwayi (Juniper Titmouse) · B. ridgwayi ridgwayi (Juniper Titmouse) · B. wollweberi (Bridled Titmouse) · B. wollweberi wollweberi (Bridled Titmouse)
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Further Reading
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- American ornithology, for home and school. [Worcester, Mass.: Charles K. Reed], 1901-[1906]. url p. 227.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 516.
- Check-list of North American birds, New York, American ornithologists' union, 1910. url .
- Color key to North American birds, with bibliographical appendix, by Frank M. Chapman. .. with upwards of 800 drawings, by Chester A. Reed, B.S. New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1912. url p. 334.
- North American birds eggs. New York: Dover Pub, [1965]. url p. 336.
- Problems of genetics, by William Bateson. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1916[c1913]. url p. 159.
- Problems of genetics. New HavenYale University Press1913 url p. 159.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 160.
- Significance of white markings in birds of the order Passeriformes / Berkeley: The University Press, 1910. url .
- Supplement to the code of nomenclature and check-list of North American birds. adopted by the American Ornithologists' Union; prepared by a Committee of the Union. New York: The Union, 1889-1920. url p. 358.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 31, p. 358, p. 52.
- The Oo?logist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs. Albion, N.Y.: Frank H. Lattin, 1886- url p. 132.
- The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs, Worcester, Mass., C. K. Reed, 1914. url .
- The bird book: illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs / by Chester A. Reed, S.B. Worcester, Mass.: C. K. Reed, 1914. url p. 452.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Baeolophus atricristatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5267
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558842
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13286405
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558842
- IUCN ID: 193856
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPAW01130
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129746
Footnotes
- Mean = 340.620 meters (1,117.520 feet), Standard Deviation = 253.290 based on 11,542 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
