Black-capped Chickadee

species of small, non-migratory, North American songbird

Taxon Q282687

Facts

10 properties

Instance of: taxon
Habitat: forest, North America^[21]^[22]
IUCN conservation status: least concern^[2]
Mass: 13 g^[20]
Original combination: Parus atricapillus^[5]
Parent taxon: Poecile^[3]
Taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1766)^[23]
Taxon common name: Black-capped Chickadee, Mésange à tête noire, Carbonero cabecinegro, Schwarzkopfmeise, Cincia capinera, Черношапочная гаичка, Amerikaanse Matkop, Amerikansk Fyrremejse, Amerikameis, アメリカコガラ, amerikanhömötiainen, kanadai cinege
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mallerenga capnegra americana, sýkora černohlavá, ameerika põhjatihane, sikora jasnoskrzydła, sýkorka čiapočkatá, amerikansk talltita, juodgalvė zylė, melngalvas zīlīte, гаїчка світлокрила, Meantán an chaipín dhuibh, crnogrla sjenica, black-capped chickadee, Black-capped chickadee, Black-Capped Chickadee, črnoglava sinica, chapim-de-barrete-preto
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Taxon name: Poecile atricapillus^[4]
Taxon rank: species^[1]

🏷️ Also known as

en Black-capped Chickadee en Poecile atricapillus ar قرقف أسود التاج ar قرقف أسود توج cs sýkora černohlavá da Amerikansk Fyrremejse de Schwarzkopfmeise es carbonero de capucha negra es carbonero cabecinegro es Parus atricapillus es Poecile atricapilla fa چرخ‌ریسوی سرسیاه fi amerikanhömötiainen fi Poecile atricapillus fr Mésange à tête noire he ירגזי שחור-כיפה hu kanadai cinege id Gelatik-batu topi-hitam it Cincia capinera ja アメリカコガラ

🔖 Identifiers · 54

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Poecile-atricapilla-001.jpg ↗
ABA bird ID: blcach
ADW taxon ID: Poecile_atricapillus
All About Birds ID: Black-capped_Chickadee
Avibase taxon ID: B1F0CC82E34E4541
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 11508
Biota Information System of New Mexico species ID: 040160
BirdLife taxon ID: 22711716
CalPhotos taxon ID: Poecile+atricapillus
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID: black-capped-chickadee
Catalogue of Life ID: 4KSBV
E-Fauna BC species ID: Poecile atricapillus

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EBird taxon ID: bkcchi
EURING number: 14430
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/black-capped-chickadee
FEIS ID: animals/bird/poat
Freebase ID: /m/024jdh
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2487805
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: amerikameis
Guide to North American Birds ID: black-capped-chickadee
Harper's tag: black-capped-chickadee
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code: BCCH
IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code: POEATR
INSDC/RefSeq assembly accession number: GCA_013398625.1, GCA_030490865.1, GCA_030490855.1
INaturalist taxon ID: 144815
IRMNG ID: 10217349
ITIS TSN: 554382
IUCN taxon ID: 22711716
Idaho Species ID: 19370
Internet Bird Collection species ID: black-capped-chickadee-poecile-atricapillus
J9U entity ID: 987007283126205171
John J. Audubon's Birds of America ID: chesnut-backed-titmouse-black-capt-titmouse-and-chesnut-crowned-titmouse
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID: sj2024050401
Library of Congress Classification: QL696.P2615
Macaulay Library taxon ID: bkcchi
Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID: 1199
Montana Field Guide species ID: ABPAW01010
NBIC scientific name ID: 182337
NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000533591
NCBI taxonomy ID: 48891
NWT Species ID: poecile-atricapillus-poecile-atricapilla, poecile-atricapillus
NatureServe Explorer ID: 2.105569
Observation.org taxon ID: 76611
Oiseaux.net ID: mesange.a.tete.noire
Open Tree of Life ID: 17262
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 416933
Reddit topic ID (obsolete): black_capped_chickadee
TAXREF ID: 442252
Tierstimmenarchiv ID: 14225
UMLS CUI: C0326488
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 01594898-n
Xeno-canto species ID: Poecile-atricapillus
Yale LUX ID: concept/ef2fe7cb-50ce-45ad-9c83-0de893f4bdfa
ZOBODAT taxon ID: 174677

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Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick

Habitat 2

North America, forest

IUCN conservation status 1

least concern

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Poecile

Taxon rank 1

species

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — IUCN conservation status (P141): least concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved 2021-12-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — parent taxon (P171): Poecile. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon name (P225): Poecile atricapillus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — original combination (P1403): Parus atricapillus. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Black-capped Chickadee. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-05. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Mésange à tête noire. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-17. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Carbonero cabecinegro. IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved 2020-07-15. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Schwarzkopfmeise. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-11. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Cincia capinera. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-17. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Черношапочная гаичка. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Amerikaanse Matkop. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-16. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Amerikansk Fyrremejse. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): Amerikameis. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): アメリカコガラ. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): amerikanhömötiainen. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): kanadai cinege. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): mallerenga capnegra americana. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon common name (P1843): sýkora černohlavá. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — mass (P2067): 13 g. AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — habitat (P2974): forest. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — habitat (P2974): North America. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Black-capped Chickadee — taxon author citation (P6507): (Linnaeus, 1766). wikidata.org.

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2d ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67776"
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Harper's tag → black-capped-chickadee

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Taxon rank → species

IUCN conservation status → least concern

Original combination → Parus atricapillus

Habitat → forest, North America

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