Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 114,282
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black-capped chickadee is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a member of the Paridae family, also known as tits. It has a distinct black cap on its head, a black bib underneath, and white cheeks. It has a white belly, buff sides, and grey wings, back, and tail. The bird is well known for its vocalizations, including its fee-bee song and its chick-a-dee-dee-dee call, from which it derives its name.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-capped chickadee”.