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Bushtit

Psaltriparus minimus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 7,360, February 7,040, March 7,997, April 15,174, May 9,297, June 4,513, July 4,059, August 4,188, September 4,977, October 5,302, November 6,905, December 6,693.
Canada190,330
Texas83,504
United States39,409
California28,866
British Columbia4,154
Mexico3,917
Oregon3,350
Idaho2,916
Washington2,866
New Mexico1,265

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyLong-tailed Tits and Bushtits · Aegithalidae
GenusPsaltriparus

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Bushtit with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.