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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Chestnut-backed Chickadee
The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) is a small passerine bird in the tit family, native to western North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Poecile rufescens
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the tits, chickadees, and titmice family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Asian Tit Parus cinereus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
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