bushtit

This is a type of bushtit or nightingale native to Japan.

The Black-throated Bushtit is highly social and will travel in large flocks of up to 40 birds.

The "Black-eared" Bushtit was formerly considered a separate species (P. melanotis).

The Black-browed Bushtit is similar but has a white forehead and belly and a white edge to its bib.

The American Bushtit was once thought to belong to the chickadee family, but it has distinctive behavioral habits, especially when it comes to nesting.

The Sooty Bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus) is a species of bird in the Aegithalidae family.

Psaltriparus (American Bushtit), monotypic.

The Burmese Bushtit is sometimes treated as conspecific with the Black-browed Bushtit.

The American Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) is the only species in the family Aegithalidae found in the New World, and the only member of the genus Psaltriparus.

It forms a superspecies with the Black-browed Bushtit (A. bonvaloti) of China and northern Burma and the White-throated Bushtit (A. niveogularis) of the western Himalayas.

Common residents Passeriformes include Scrub jay, American crow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bushtit, Bewick's Wren, House sparrow, Red-winged blackbird, House finch, California Towhee and Song sparrow.

In the oak woodlands along the creek, Acorn Woodpecker, California Quail, Anna's Hummingbird, Scrub Jay, Oak Titmouse, Bushtit, Bewick's Wren, and Spotted Towhee can be found.

Bird species native to the area include sage grouse, Mountain Chickadees, Gray-headed Juncos, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, MacGillivray's Warbler, Pine Siskin, Red Crossbill, Bushtit, Hermit Thrush, and Northern Goshawks, ravens, and eagles.