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Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Doug Hynes (XC935615). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Nunavut | 228,997 |
|---|---|
| United States | 86,514 |
| Canada | 74,361 |
| Virginia | 57,144 |
| California | 42,412 |
| Ontario | 35,619 |
| Texas | 23,891 |
| Quebec | 13,636 |
| Massachusetts | 12,019 |
| Vermont | 8,622 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae |
| Genus | Chickadees and Allies · Poecile |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Canton, Ohio, United States
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black-capped Chickadee with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.