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The black-capped chickadee has a black cap and "bib" with white cheeks. Its underparts are white with buff-colored flanks. Its back is unstreaked and greenish gray, and the tail and wings are slate gray. It has a black beak and legs, and dark brown irises. Males and females are generally similar, although males have a larger bib.
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 ...
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...
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 ...
Mexican chickadee: Poecile sclateri: Mexico Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis: United States from New Jersey west to southern Kansas and south to Florida and Texas Black-capped chickadee: Poecile atricapillus: Across North America, from New England to Newfoundland in the east, and from Washington to Alaska in the west Mountain chickadee ...
Other calls are used for signalling alarm—a well-known example being the "chic-a-dee-dee" of North American species in the genus Poecile, the call which gives them their local common name, the chickadee. The call also serves as a rallying call to summon others to mob and harass the predator.
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.
Black-capped chickadee. Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae. The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. Two species have been recorded in Yellowstone.