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title: "Chestnut-backed Chickadee"
description: "Poecile rufescens — Aves. The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) is a small passerine bird in the tit family, native to western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/chestnut-backed-chickadee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-backed Chickadee

> Poecile rufescens — Aves. The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) is a small passerine bird in the tit family, native to western North America.

- Scientific name: *Poecile rufescens*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 28900
- Wikidata: [Q945114](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945114)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144820](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144820)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-backed Chickadee
- de: Rotrückenmeise
- es: Carbonero dorsicastaño
- fr: Mésange à dos marron
- pl: Sikora brunatna

## Countries with the most observations

US (18485), CA (7745)

## Summary

The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) is a small passerine bird in the tit family, native to western North America.

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

## Photo

![Chestnut-backed Chickadee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-backed-chickadee/medium.jpg)

Photo: bobhunter2 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141277718

## Machine access

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