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title: "Mexican Chickadee"
description: "Poecile sclateri — Birds. The Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri) is a small passerine songbird in the family Paridae, the tits and chickadees."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mexican-chickadee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Chickadee

> Poecile sclateri — Birds. The Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri) is a small passerine songbird in the family Paridae, the tits and chickadees.

- Scientific name: *Poecile sclateri*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1457
- Wikidata: [Q530337](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530337)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144817](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144817)

## Names

- en: Mexican Chickadee
- de: Grauflankenmeise
- es: Carbonero mexicano
- fr: Mésange grise
- pl: Sikora meksykańska

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1040), US (308)

## Summary

The Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri) is a small passerine songbird in the family Paridae, the tits and chickadees. It is found in Mexico and the U. S. states of Arizona and New Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_chickadee

## Photo

![Mexican Chickadee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-chickadee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193324067

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-chickadee?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).