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Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)

English (US) Black-capped Chickadee

The Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paridae (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) in the order Passeriformes.

Scientific name
Poecile atricapillus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Black-capped Chickadee
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Parus atricapillus
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Type locality
Canada ; restricted to Quebec City, Quebec, by Oberholser, 1937, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 50, p. 219.
Original description
Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.341

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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