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Black-capped Chickadee / Poecile atricapillus LC

  • Synonyms Black-capped Tit, Black Capped Titmouse, Yukon Chickadee, Appalachian Chickadee, Long-tailed Chickadee, Black cap tit, Oregon Chickadee, Chickadee, Western Titmouse
  • Old latin name for bird Penthestes atricapillus, Poecile atricapilla, Parus atricapillus

Black-capped Chickadeebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Scott Gravette
    United States
  • 2.
    Call, song, © Greg Irving
    United States
  • 3.
    Song, © Dan Minor
    Canada
  • 4.
    Call, song, © Jim Berry
    United States
  • 5.
    Call, song, © Greg Irving
    United States
  • 6.
    Song, © Matt Wistrand
    United States
  • 7.
    Call, song, © Nick Komar
    United States
  • 8.
    Contact call, scold, © Matt Wistrand
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

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All related species (14)

Where to see Black-capped Chickadee

  • Breeding region North America
  • Breeding subregion n

Black-capped Chickadee subspecies (9)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Poecile atricapillus atricapilluse Canada to c, ne USA-No
Poecile atricapillus bartlettiNewfoundland-No
Poecile atricapillus fortuitusinland sw Canada and nw USA-No
Poecile atricapillus garrinuswc USA-No
Poecile atricapillus nevadensisw USA-No
Poecile atricapillus occidentaliscoastal sw Canada and nw USA-No
Poecile atricapillus practicusAppalachian Mts. (e USA)-No
Poecile atricapillus septentrionalisw, c Canada to c USA-No
Poecile atricapillus turneric, s Alaska and nw Canada-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSwartkroonmees
AlbanianTrishtili kokezi
BulgarianЧерноглав синигер
Catalanmallerenga capnegra americana
Chinese黑顶山雀
Chinese (Traditional)黑枕山雀
Creepicikîskosîs, kicikîsosîs, kicîskosîs, peetsheegeesees
Croatiancrnogrla sjenica
Czechsýkora černohlavá, Sýkora cernohlavá
DanishAmerikansk Fyrremejse
DutchAmerikaanse Matkop
EsperantoNigrakrona paruo
Estonianameerika põhjatihane
Finnishamerikanhömötiainen
FrenchMésange à tête noire
FrisianSvartkrúnmies
GalicianFerreiriño de barrete negro
GermanSchwarzkopfmeise
Hungariankanadai cinege
IcelandicKollmeisa
IrishMeantán an chaipín dhuibh
ItalianCincia bigia americana, Cincia capinera
Japaneseアメリカコガラ
Latvianmelngalvas zīlīte
Lithuanianjuodgalvė zylė, Juodagalvė zylė
Norwegianamerikameis
Norwegian NynorskAmerikameis
Ojibwaᑭᒋᑲᓀᔑᔚ
PolishSikora amerykańska, sikora jasnoskrzydla, sikora jasnoskrzydła
PortugueseChapim-de-cabeça-negra, chapim-de-barrete-preto
RussianСиница, Буроголовая гаичка, Черношапочная гаичка
SerbianCrnokapa senica, Američka crnoglava senica
Slovaksýkorka čiapočkatá, Sýkorka čiernočiapočková
SlovenianČrnoglava sinica
SpanishCarbonero de Capucha Negra, Carbonero cabecinegro
Swedishamerikansk talltita
TurkishKaratepeli baştankara, Amerika Baştankarası
Ukrainianгаїчка світлокрила
WelshTsicadî penddu