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The chickadee (specifically the black-capped chickadee Poecile atricapillus, formerly Parus atricapillus) is the official bird for the US state of Massachusetts, [5] the Canadian province of New Brunswick, [6] and the city of Calgary, Alberta. [7] The chickadee is also the state bird of Maine, but a species has never been specified. A proposed ...
Black-capped chickadees make a number of other calls and sounds, such as a gargle noise usually used by males to indicate a threat of attacking another male, often when feeding. This call is also used in sexual contexts. [26] Black-capped chickadees learn the gargle noise soon after birth and continues to develop it through to adulthood. [19]
The calls and song between the Carolina chickadee and the black-capped chickadee differ subtly to an experienced ear: the Carolina chickadee's chick-a-dee call is faster and higher pitched than that of the black-capped chickadee, and the Carolina chickadee has a four note fee-bee-fee-bay song, whereas the black-capped omits the high notes.
Chestnut-backed chickadees mate monogamously, and can stay with the same partner for years. [8] These chickadees are cavity-nesters, preferring tree-stump holes and nest boxes, usually utilizing an abandoned woodpecker hole, but sometimes excavating on their own. During nesting season, the female chickadee will spend about a week building the ...
It contains 15 species, which are scattered across North America, Europe and Asia; the North American species are the chickadees. In the past, most authorities retained Poecile as a subgenus within the genus Parus , but treatment as a distinct genus, initiated by the American Ornithologists Union , is now widely accepted. [ 1 ]
The boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) is a small passerine songbird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in the boreal forests of Alaska, Canada and the northern United States and remains within this range all year. [ 2 ]
Chickadee: Poecile, species not specified (de facto Poecile atricapillus) [24] 1927 [25] Maryland: Baltimore oriole: Icterus galbula: 1947 [26] Massachusetts: Black-capped chickadee: Poecile atricapilla: 1941 [27] Michigan: American robin: Turdus migratorius: 1931 [28] Minnesota: Common loon: Gavia immer: 1961 [29] Mississippi: Northern ...
The mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli) is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. Taxonomy. The specific name honors naturalist William Gambel.