tufted titmouse

American  

noun

1. a gray titmouse, Parus bicolor, of the eastern and midwestern U.S., having a crested head.

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Etymology

Origin of tufted titmouse

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

“I am happy when I watch a tufted titmouse, nuthatch or any other bird fly to one of my feeders and chow down on a big fat nut or seed,” wrote Donna McDowell of Gaithersburg.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023

Last spring, Dr. Pollock was participating in his university’s annual spring bird count when a tufted titmouse caught his eye.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Velociraptor mongoliensis is no beauty either, but its three forward-facing toes, swivel-jointed wrists and wishbone put it in the same company as a cute tufted titmouse.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016

At its annual convention North Carolina's State Federation of Women's Clubs had pondered the fact that Alabama has officially adopted the flicker as its State bird, Massachusetts the veery, West Virginia the tufted titmouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a tufted titmouse; now he flits to the ground, picks up a tidbit, darts up to a twig, places his morsel under his claws, and proceeds to peck it to pieces.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)