Black-capped Chickadee
Oksanna Brière · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Luke · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Brian Starzomski · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Ellyne Geurts · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Ellyne Geurts · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
ChrisMcV · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Sue Elwell · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Quillipede · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Quillipede · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Quillipede · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Griffin Bray · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Black-capped Chickadee
Sequoia Janirella Wrens · CC0_1_0 via GBIF

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Paridae
Genus
Poecile
eBird Code
bkcchi

Subspecies (9)

  • Poecile atricapillus atricapillus

    eastern Canada and northeastern USA

  • Poecile atricapillus bartletti

    Newfoundland and Miquelon

  • Poecile atricapillus fortuitus

    southern interior British Columbia to northwestern Montana and northwestern Idaho

  • Poecile atricapillus garrinus

    Rocky Mountains (southeastern Idaho to Wyoming, eastern Utah, and New Mexico)

  • Poecile atricapillus nevadensis

    Great Basin of southwestern USA (eastern Oregon to Idaho, Nevada, and western Utah)

  • Poecile atricapillus occidentalis

    far southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California (west of Cascades)

  • Poecile atricapillus practicus

    northeastern USA (Appalachian Mountains region)

  • Poecile atricapillus septentrionalis

    western Canada and central USA

  • Poecile atricapillus turneri

    Alaska and adjacent northwestern Canada

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.