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Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
28 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 Diana Doyle (XC717729). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,622,680 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 288,558 |
| Texas | 91,036 |
| Washington | 72,852 |
| Alaska | 28,943 |
| California | 6,326 |
| Nunavut | 3,330 |
| Colorado | 2,684 |
| Northwest Territories | 1,733 |
| New Mexico | 1,677 |
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
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.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 Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
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 Mountain 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.