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Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus · Family Paridae

Poecile atricapillus

Family Paridae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Paridae
GBIF occurrence records
18,781,595
Countries and territories with records
30
Black-capped Chickadee
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About this species

This species has 18,781,595 occurrence records from 30 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (70.6%) and Canada (29.4%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Poecile atricapillus combines the genus name Poecile with the species epithet atricapillus. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Poecile; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Poecile carolinensis, Poecile rufescens and Poecile palustris.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 61 species of the family Paridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 14.3 times the family average (1,310,770). The family Paridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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