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title: "Black-capped Chickadee"
description: "Poecile atricapillus — Vogels. The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-capped-chickadee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black-capped Chickadee

> Poecile atricapillus — Vogels. The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests.

- Scientific name: *Poecile atricapillus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 167665
- Wikidata: [Q282687](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282687)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144815](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144815)

## Names

- en: Black-capped Chickadee
- de: Schwarzkopfmeise
- es: Carbonero de capucha negra
- fr: Mésange à tête noire
- pl: Sikora jasnoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

US (79570), CA (67535)

## Summary

The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a member of the Paridae family, also known as tits. It has a distinct black cap on its head, a black bib underneath, and white cheeks. It has a white belly, buff sides, and grey wings, back, and tail. The bird is well known for its vocalizations, including its fee-bee song and its chick-a-dee-dee-dee call, from which it derives its name.
The black-capped chickadee is widely distributed throughout North America, ranging from the northern United States to southern…

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

## Photo

![Black-capped Chickadee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-capped-chickadee/medium.jpg)

Photo: joy4birds · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262804752

## Machine access

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