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tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

avian foot modifications

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titmouse: References & Edit History

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animal behaviour
- In animal behaviour: Natural selection in action
fauna of temperate forests
- In temperate forest: Fauna
migration
- In migration: In Europe
passeriform
- In passeriform: Size range and structural diversity

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Sy Montgomery

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Titmice are a better indicator of bird density in Northern European than in Western European forests.	Grace Young	Oct 17, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Titmice are a better indicator of bird density in Northern European than in Western European forests.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 05, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Cornell Lab - All About Birds - Tufted Titmouse.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 13, 2022
	Changed "with 46 species" to "with approximately 55 species." Changed "(Parus bicolor)" to "(Baeolophus bicolor, formerly Parus bicolor)."	John P. Rafferty	Nov 27, 2018
	Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Titmouse.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 19, 2013
	Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Titmouse.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 19, 2013
	Added image of blue tit.	Richard Pallardy	Jun 30, 2010
	Media added.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Apr 23, 2009
	Added new Web site: Australian National Botanical Gardens - Falcunculus frontatus Crested Shrike-tit.	Neha Parwani	Apr 06, 2009
	Added new Web site: Canterbury Environmental Education Centre - The Titmice Family.	Shiveta Singh	Mar 30, 2009
	Added new Web site: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Tits.	Shiveta Singh	Mar 30, 2009
	Media added.	Erik Gregersen	Oct 17, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	Erik Gregersen	Oct 17, 2008
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	May 28, 2008
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Titmouse.	Shiveta Singh	May 25, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998