Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (9)
Jennifer R. Foote, Daniel J. Mennill, Laurene M. Ratcliffe, and Susan M. Smith
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 24, 2010
Text last updated September 24, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черноглав синигер |
| Catalan | mallerenga capnegra americana |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Matkop |
| English | Black-capped Chickadee |
| English (United States) | Black-capped Chickadee |
| French | Mésange à tête noire |
| French (France) | Mésange à tête noire |
| German | Schwarzkopfmeise |
| Icelandic | Kollmeisa |
| Japanese | アメリカコガラ |
| Norwegian | amerikameis |
| Polish | sikora jasnoskrzydła |
| Russian | Черношапочная гаичка |
| Serbian | Američka crnoglava senica |
| Slovak | sýkorka čiapočkatá |
| Spanish | Carbonero Cabecinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carbonero cabecinegro |
| Swedish | amerikansk talltita |
| Turkish | Amerika Baştankarası |
| Ukrainian | Гаїчка світлокрила |
Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Parus atricapillus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.341.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Canada ; restricted to Quebec City, Quebec, by Oberholser, 1937, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 50, p. 219.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- POECILE
- atricapillus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Year-round range of the Black-capped Chickadee.
In years when food is scarce, individuals (especially young of the year) move south, sometimes well beyond the range shown here.
