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Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis · Family Paridae
Poecile carolinensis
Family Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 8,641,424
- Countries and territories with records
- 3
About this species
This species has 8,641,424 occurrence records from 3 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). The United States accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.78% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Poecile carolinensis combines the genus name Poecile with the species epithet carolinensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Poecile; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Poecile atricapillus, Poecile rufescens and Poecile palustris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 61 species of the family Paridae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Poecile atricapillus. Its record count is 6.6 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.