Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse has increased: up 36% on the route-weighted index since 1968.
About the Tufted Titmouse
A small, crested gray songbird of eastern woods and feeders, the Tufted Titmouse is an active, vocal year-round resident.
- Size
- 5.5–6.5 in long, about 0.7 oz (14–16 cm, 21 g)
- Habitat
- Woodlands and forest edges, including wooded suburbs and parks.
- Diet
- Insects and spiders, plus seeds, nuts and berries; caches food.
- Range
- Recorded on 2,230 Breeding Bird Survey routes across 35 states, most concentrated in the Appalachian Mountains.
- Family
- Paridae · Forest birds
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Notable Tufted Titmouse Trends
No notable trend signals for Tufted Titmouse. See the full index history below.
Tufted Titmouse Population Forecast
If the recent trend holds, Tufted Titmouse is projected to stay roughly flat through 2029, near 7.7 (95% range 6.4–8.9). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±4.1%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.
| Year | Projected index | 95% low | 95% high |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 8.7 |
| 2026 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 8.7 |
| 2027 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 8.8 |
| 2028 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 8.9 |
| 2029 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 8.9 |
Where the Tufted Titmouse Is Detected
BBS routes recording Tufted Titmouse, sized by most recent count.
Tufted Titmouse Population Trend by State
| Alabama | +114% | 1968 | 109 |
| Arkansas | +82% | 1969 | 62 |
| Connecticut | +358% | 1968 | 20 |
| Delaware | +97% | 1968 | 17 |
| Florida | +129% | 1968 | 102 |
| Georgia | +222% | 1968 | 111 |
| Illinois | +154% | 1968 | 100 |
| Indiana | -5% | 1968 | 68 |
| Iowa | -65% | 1969 | 29 |
| Kansas | +281% | 1969 | 41 |
| Kentucky | -12% | 1968 | 64 |
| Louisiana | +130% | 1969 | 94 |
| Maine | 214× | 1984 | 37 |
| Maryland | +113% | 1968 | 76 |
| Massachusetts | 113× | 1970 | 32 |
| Michigan | +314% | 1968 | 71 |
| Minnesota | -54% | 1970 | 6 |
| Mississippi | +214% | 1968 | 74 |
| Missouri | +66% | 1969 | 94 |
| Nebraska | +27% | 1969 | 9 |
| New Hampshire | 203× | 1978 | 22 |
| New Jersey | +114% | 1968 | 41 |
| New York | 24× | 1968 | 105 |
| North Carolina | +97% | 1968 | 112 |
| Ohio | +3% | 1968 | 89 |
| Oklahoma | +74% | 1969 | 64 |
| Pennsylvania | +137% | 1968 | 136 |
| Rhode Island | 35× | 1971 | 6 |
| South Carolina | +273% | 1968 | 51 |
| Tennessee | +71% | 1968 | 55 |
| Texas | +46% | 1969 | 110 |
| Vermont | 48× | 1986 | 24 |
| Virginia | +76% | 1968 | 88 |
| West Virginia | +70% | 1968 | 63 |
| Wisconsin | +130% | 1968 | 48 |
Tufted Titmouse Population Trend by Region
Bird Conservation Regions are the ecological unit for trends.
| Prairie Potholes | -77% | 1970 | 8 |
| Boreal Hardwood Transition | +158% | 1972 | 25 |
| Lower Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Plain | +369% | 1968 | 77 |
| Atlantic Northern Forest | 108× | 1974 | 95 |
| Central Mixed Grass Prairie | +240% | 1969 | 58 |
| Edwards Plateau | -78% | 1972 | 7 |
| Oaks and Prairies | +77% | 1969 | 63 |
| Eastern Tallgrass Prairie | +29% | 1968 | 256 |
| Prairie Hardwood Transition | +190% | 1968 | 123 |
| Central Hardwoods | +33% | 1968 | 166 |
| West Gulf Coastal Plain / Ouachitas | +68% | 1969 | 110 |
| Mississippi Alluvial Valley | +123% | 1968 | 72 |
| Southeastern Coastal Plain | +128% | 1968 | 346 |
| Appalachian Mountains | +97% | 1968 | 404 |
| Piedmont | +161% | 1968 | 169 |
| New England / Mid-Atlantic Coast | +168% | 1968 | 161 |
| Peninsular Florida | +142% | 1968 | 57 |
| Gulf Coastal Prairie | -42% | 1969 | 30 |
Tufted Titmouse Conservation Status
Least Concern
The IUCN Red List rates this species as Least Concern. Our route-weighted index shows it up about 36% since 1968.
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. Trend is a route-weighted relative-abundance index, not an absolute population.