Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli(Ridgway, R, 1886)
English (US) Mountain Chickadee
The Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 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 gambeli
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Chickadee
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1886)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Poecile gambeli baileyae
- Poecile gambeli inyoensis
- Poecile gambeli gambeli
- Poecile gambeli atratus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus gambeli
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1886)
- Type locality
- about one day's journey west of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Original description
- The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds ed.1 p.335
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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