Species profile
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Quick answer
Tiny, black-capped and endlessly curious; often leads mixed foraging flocks.
- Scientific name
- Poecile carolinensis
- Family
- Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Poecile
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Woodlands, yards
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Related species in Paridae
- Acacia Tit (Parus thruppi)
- African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae)
- Ashy Tit (Parus cinerascens)
- Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
- Azure Tit x Blue Tit (Cyanistes cyanus x caeruleus)
- Black-bibbed Tit (Poecile hypermelaenus)
- Black-capped/mountain Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)