Species: Poecile hudsonicus

Boreal Chickadee
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Paridae

    Genus

    Poecile

    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).
    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
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-02
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-02
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    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.
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