Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)

OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Baeolophus ("small crest") inornatus ("plain")

Adult Oak Titmouse (subspecies B. i. inornatus) at Berkeley, California - August 2022

Featured Subspecies: Baeolophus inornatus inornatus 
Weight: 16g  /  Length: 13cm  /  Wingspan: 19cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern

A small drab tit species largely found only in California and Baja California - it was formerly lumped with the Juniper Tit in a combined species was known as the Plain Tit, but in 1996 it was determined they were sufficiently differentiable by song, habitat and genetics to warrant being separate species.  As the name suggests, they favour woodlands which are at least partially comprised of oak.

Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Baeolophus
SUBSPECIES: B. i. inornatus, B. i. affabilis, B. i. mohavensis, B. i. cineraceus

 - Sighting Locations -

UNITED STATES 
Largely endemic to California, edging into Oregon
 - CALIFORNIA 2022 TRIP: Seen at  Berkeley

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto