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Adding
Black-crested Titmouse
to
Bird Brain 5.0

If you wish to add Black-crested Titmouse to the Reference database, here's what to do.

From the Reference menu, choose Edit Reference Birds. A window will open where you can add the new species.

Click the New button at center top of the window. You'll see the window with nothing entered.

Enter the following data:

Rec No: 6204.2
Letter Code: BCTI
First Name: Black-crested
Last Name: Titmouse
Genus: Baeolophus
Species: atricristatus
State/Province Range: TX
Reference Notes: Split from Tufted Titmouse by AOU in 2002.

Scroll down below the Caution! sign and chec the ABA Bird box.

If you have entered sightings for Tufted Titmouse which now properly belong to Black-crested Titmouse, you may wish to visit those records and change the Letter Code from TUTI to BCTI. When you Tab out of the Letter Code field, the name of the species will change to Black-crested Titmouse. Then press the Enter button.

The easiest way to then update your lifelists is to then rebuild you life lists to update your data.

From the Records menu, choose Rebuild Life Lists... Click Rebuild all 6 Lists. This may take a while if you have many records.


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