Bird guide · Baeolophus ridgwayi
Juniper Titmouse
What the juniper titmouse eats, where it lives, when it comes to feeders and how to recognise it – with sightings from every US state.
- Season
- Year-round resident
- Size
- 5.5 in (13.5 cm)
- Eats
- seeds, suet, peanut butter
- Feeds
- tube, suet cage
- Most common
- New Mexico, Utah, Nevada
Food
What do juniper titmouses eat?
At feeders, juniper titmouses take seeds, suet, peanut butter.
Opens nuts by holding them with its feet and pounding with its bill.
Feeder that suits it
A suet cage on a tree trunk or pole; peanuts and sunflower hearts work too.
Range
Where do juniper titmouses live?
Pinyon-juniper woods of the interior West. By share of all bird sightings, juniper titmouses are most common in New Mexico (0.6%).
States where juniper titmouses are most common
- New Mexico0.6%
- Utah0.2%
- Nevada0.1%
- Arizona0.1%
- Colorado0.05%
- Idaho0.04%
- Texas0.00%
- Wyoming0.00%
- Oklahoma0.00%
- California0.00%
Share of all bird sightings in each state that are juniper titmouses, 2019–2024.
Season
Does the juniper titmouse migrate?
Year-round resident. Across the US it is reported in every month; its share of bird sightings is highest in December.
Share of all bird sightings in the US that are juniper titmouses, by month.
Identification
How to identify the juniper titmouse
Adults: Plain greyish bird with a short crest.
Size: 5.5 in (13.5 cm)
Easily confused with
- Oak Titmouse – browner; ranges separate except locally in northeast California
Nesting
Does the juniper titmouse use nest boxes?
Yes. Entrance hole 1 1/4 in (32 mm) per NestWatch.
On camera
Getting the juniper titmouse on a feeder camera
Pick a camera feeder that takes a suet cage, or mount a separate camera next to a suet feeder on the trunk – woodpeckers cling to the bark while they feed.
Questions
Juniper Titmouse: questions
What do juniper titmouses eat?
At feeders, seeds, suet, peanut butter.
Do juniper titmouses migrate?
Year-round resident. Across the US it is reported in every month; its share of bird sightings is highest in December.
Where do juniper titmouses live?
By share of all bird sightings, they are most common in New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado. They are rare or absent in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware.