Black-crested titmouse

Weight

17.5 g – 21.7 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

13.3 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

13.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

5.95src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.75src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The black-crested titmouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyParidae
6. genusBaeolophus
7. SpeciesBaeolophus atricristatus (Cassin, 1850)

Synonyms Baeolophus bicolor atricristatus, Parus atricristatus, Parus atricristatus atricristatus, Parus atricristatus atricristatus, Parus bicolor atricristatus, Parus bicolor texensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Tufted titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Paridae

LC, Least Concern

Oak titmouse

Baeolophus inornatus

Paridae

LC, Least Concern

Bridled titmouse

Baeolophus wollweberi

Paridae

LC, Least Concern

Juniper titmouse

Baeolophus ridgwayi

Paridae

CompareBlack-crested titmouse vs Tufted titmouseBlack-crested titmouse vs Oak titmouseBlack-crested titmouse vs Bridled titmouseBlack-crested titmouse vs Juniper titmouse

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@misc{black_crested_titmouse_2026,
  title = {Black-crested titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-crested-titmouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}