Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens(Townsend, JK, 1837)
English (US) Chestnut-backed Chickadee
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 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 rufescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee
- Described by
- (Townsend, JK, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Poecile rufescens rufescens
- Poecile rufescens neglectus
- Poecile rufescens barlowi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus rufescens
- Described by
- (Townsend, JK, 1837)
- Type locality
- forests of Columbia River; probably near Fort Vancouver, Washington.
- Original description
- Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7 p.192
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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