Stats

Lifespan: 5-9 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Flock Safety
Status: Common

About

The Bushtit is a tiny, acrobatic songbird of western North America that travels in chattering flocks of 10–40 birds. It weaves an extraordinary elastic, sock-shaped hanging nest over 30 cm long — one of the most elaborate constructions of any North American bird.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae
Genus: Psaltriparus
Species: Psaltriparus minimus