Oak Titmouse
Common
Name: Oak Titmouse (OATI)
Scientific
Name:
Baeolophus inornatus
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not
on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status: Nothing than coverage by
Migratory Bird Treat Act
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 485 (Cicero 2000)
Distribution:
Resident from sw
Oregon
south (west of Sierra Nevada) to s
Baja California
(absent from most of c
Baja California
) (AOU 1998)
Habitat
Associations:
Oak and pine-oak woodland, arborescent chaparral, oak-riparian
associations (AOU 1998)
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: Oregon/Washington
PIF Bird Conservation Plan - Westside Lowlands & Valleys section;
California PIF Bird Conservation Plan; BNA No. 485 (Cicero 2000); PIF
Monitoring Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: **
(Long-term population trend monitoring considered adequate, but some
issues (e.g., bias) may not be accounted for)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – NOTE: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) provides
acceptable data at the continental level (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Improve the BBS (PIR Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Third
priority monitoring action – Conduct new winter surveys (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc)
Habitat Needs/Ecology/Life History
- Study
breeding ecology of OATI (Oregon/Washington)
- Identify
the parameters of oak tree size and density associated with OATI
presence and abundance (Oregon/Washington)
- Identify
the most suitable understory conditions for OATI (Oregon/Washington)
- Information
on physiology, thermoregulation, and energetics of OATI needed for
comparison with Juniper Titmous (BNA)
- Information
on breeding requirements & biology of OATI (
California
)
Species Interactions
- Effects
of European Starlings on reproductive success of OATI (
California
)
- see
needs under “Habitat Needs/Ecology”
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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