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Mexican Chickadee
Poecile sclateri
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Mexican Chickadee
The Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri) is a small passerine songbird in the family Paridae, the tits and chickadees. It is found in Mexico and the U. S. states of Arizona and New Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Poecile sclateri
- 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
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
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