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Chickadee

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Paridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Chickadee Chickadee Wikipedia

Mass
  
Length
  
Chestnut-backed chickadee: 12 – 12 cm

Clutch size
  
Chestnut-backed chickadee: 5 – 8

Representative species
  
Black‑capped chickadee, Carolina chickadee, Mountain chickadee, Chestnut‑backed chickadee, Boreal chickadee

Black capped chickadee calls and sounds fee bee call chickadee dee dee call and a couple others


The chickadees are a group of North American birds in the tit family included in the genus Poecile. Species found in North America are referred as chickadees, while other species in the genus are called tits.

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They are small-sized birds overall, usually having the crown of the head and throat patch distinctly darker than the body. They are at least 6 to 14 centimeters in size.

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Their name reputedly comes from the fact that their calls make a distinctive "chick-a-dee-dee-dee" sound.

Bird man mel attracting chickadees


Species

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  • Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
  • Boreal chickadee, Poecile hudsonicus
  • Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
  • Chestnut-backed chickadee, Poecile rufescens
  • Grey-headed chickadee, Poecile cinctus
  • Mexican chickadee, Poecile sclateri
  • Mountain chickadee, Poecile gambeli

  • Chickadee Chickadees Indiana Audubon Society

    References

    Chickadee Wikipedia


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