Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Chickadees and Tits :: Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Poecile atricapillus, Poecile atricapillus, Parus atricapilla

Photographs

Dunback Meadows, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA - Oct 4, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Jul 10, 2001 © Helen Baines  Nova Scotia, Canada - Sep, 2004 © Richard Stern  Colorado, USA - Date unknown © Steve Messick  George Wyth State Park, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA - Nov 29, 2001 © Kent Nickell 
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Range

(1) W. to s. Alaska (Alaskan Peninsula, Shumagin Is. and Kodiak Is.) and nw. Canada (s. Yukon and sw. Mackenzie).
(2) Coastal sw. Canada and w. United States s. to s. Oregon.
(3) Inland sw. Canada and nw. United States.
(4) Nc. Canada (n. Saskatchewan) and c. United States (ne. Oklahoma, c. Missouri, sc. Illinois, c. Indiana and c. Ohio).
(5) Newfoundland.
(6) E. Canada (s. Quebec, Anticosti Is.) and ne. United States s. to s. Pennsylvania and n. New Jersey.
(7) W. United States in nw. California, ne. Nevada, s. Utah and c. New Mexico.
(8) Wc. United States (Kansas).
(9) E. United States in the Applachians at higher elevations to e. Tennessee and w. North Carolina.

Videos

Point Pelee National Park, Essex County, Ontario, Canada - May 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is foraging along small branches.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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