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| | titmouse - HighBeam Encyclopedia |
 | | titmouse common name for members of the Paridae, a family of passerine birds, which includes the tits, titmice, and chickadees. |
 | | A third group, the penduline tits, are named for their hanging bag nests; the only American species is the western verdin. |
 | | Titmice are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Paridae. |
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