Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus 黑顶山雀
The Black‑capped Chickadee is a small North American songbird about 5 inches long, with black, gray, tan, and white plumage, a rounded wing shape and a notched, rounded, square‑tipped tail. It exhibits flittering, rapid wingbeats, undulating flight, and can lower its body temperature in cold winters while showing strong spatial memory for food caches.
- First spotted
- 20 Aug 2025
- Seen at 2 places
- Denver, COHorn Pond, MA
- Group
- Perching
Field marks
- Length
- 5 in · 13 cm
- Colours
- Black · Gray · Tan · White
- Wings
- Rounded
- Tail
- Notched · Rounded · Square-tipped
- In flight
- Flitter · Rapid Wingbeats · Undulating
- Movement
- Resident
- World population
- 43 million