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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Poecile atricapillus turneri
- Poecile atricapillus occidentalis
- Poecile atricapillus fortuitus
- Poecile atricapillus septentrionalis
- Poecile atricapillus bartletti
- Poecile atricapillus atricapillus
- Poecile atricapillus garrinus
- Poecile atricapillus nevadensis
- Poecile atricapillus practicus
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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