Species

Poecile atricapillus (Black-capped chickadee)

Poecile atricapillus. Photo: (c) Heather Pickard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American songbird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada. It is well known for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights as well as its good spatial memory to…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
        Family: Paridae (Tits, chickadees, and titmice)
        Genus: Poecile (Chickadees and allies)
        Species: Poecile atricapillus (Black-capped chickadee)

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