Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Travels in chittering flocks of 40, weaves a hanging sock-nest, weighs less than a nickel. Strength in tiny numbers.
- Populasi
- ~4.3 million individuals, stable
- Habitat
- Open woodlands, oak scrub, chaparral, pinyon-juniper woodland, and well-wooded suburbs/parks from lowlands to mid-elevation mountains; avoids high mountains and hot deserts
- Fakta menarik
- The Bushtit is the only member of the Old World family Aegithalidae found in the Americas, and its whole extended family sleeps huddled together in one large hanging, sock-shaped nest during the breeding season; males can even have yellow vs. dark eyes as a sex-distinguishing trait.
- Sebaran
- Western North America, from southwestern British Columbia and the western/southwestern US through the Mexican highlands to Guatemala; largely year-round resident (some interior southwestern populations shift to lower elevations seasonally)
- Makanan
- Small insects and spiders (leafhoppers, treehoppers, aphids, scale insects, caterpillars, beetles, ants, wasps), plus occasional berries and seeds
- Ukuran
- 0,11 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,17 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
