Grey-headed Chickadee
Poecile cinctus(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Gray-headed Chickadee
UK name: Grey-headed Chickadee
The Grey-headed Chickadee (Poecile cinctus) 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 cinctus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Chickadee
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Chickadee
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Poecile cinctus lapponicus
- Poecile cinctus cinctus
- Poecile cinctus sayanus
- Poecile cinctus lathami
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus cinctus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Siberia.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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