Baeolophus inornatus
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The oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists' Union split the plain titmouse into the oak titmouse and the juniper titmouse in 1996, due to distinct differences in song, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup.
The oak titmouse is a small, brown-tinged gray bird with a small tuft or crest. The face is plain, and the undersides are a lighter gray. Sexes are similar, as there is very little to no sexual dimorphism. This species lives year-round on the Pacific slope, resident from southern Oregon south through California west of the Sierra Nevada to Baja California, but its range surrounds the central San Joaquin Valley. It prefers open woodlands of warm, dry oak and oak-pine at low to mid-elevations but can also be found in forests as long as adequate oak trees are present. With these habitats, the oak titmouse lives typically in Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak) and Quercus lobata (valley oak); which provides sufficient cavities, dense foliage, and twig piles that those oaks provide, oak titmouse utilizes such sources for nesting.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Titmouse sighting in San Diego on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 374th most-seen of the 386 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Titmouse in San Diego on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oak Titmouse sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Oak Titmouse sightings, San Diego ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Sacramento (United States, about 70%), San Francisco (United States, about 20%) and Los Angeles (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Oak Titmouse that you can see in San Diego (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are American Crow (about 80%), House Finch (about 80%) and Black Phoebe (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oak Titmouse is recorded against all the birds logged in San Diego (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
