Species: Poecile hudsonicus
Boreal Chickadee
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Paridae
Genus
Poecile
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
mésange à tête brune
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Paridae - Poecile - (Gill et al. 1993).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (chickadee).
Migration
true - false - false - Wanders irregularly south after breeding season.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Eats conifer and birch seeds, and the eggs, immature stages, and adults of insects; forages mainly on twigs and branches of trees (Terres 1980).
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size 4-9 (usually 6-7). Incubation 11-16 days, by female. Young tended by both parents, leave nest at 18 days.
Length
14
Weight
10
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
RESIDENT: from western and central Alaska to northern Saskatchewan and Labrador, south to Washington, Montana, Minnesota, and northern New England. Wanders irregularly south after breeding season.