Chickadees and Allies
Poecile
Poecile is a genus of bird in the tit family. It has 13–15 species, which are scattered across North America, Europe and Asia; the North American species are the chickadees. In the past, most authorities retained Poecile as a subgenus within the genus Parus, but treatment as a distinct genus, initiated by the American Ornithologists Union, is now widely accepted. This is supported by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence analysis.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Black-capped Chickadee
speciesPoecile atricapillus
Carolina Chickadee
speciesPoecile carolinensis
Willow Tit
speciesPoecile montanus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
speciesPoecile rufescens
Marsh Tit
speciesPoecile palustris
Mountain Chickadee
speciesPoecile gambeli
Boreal Chickadee
speciesPoecile hudsonicus
Mexican Chickadee
speciesPoecile sclateri
Siberian Tit
speciesPoecile cinctus
Sombre Tit
speciesPoecile lugubris
Black-capped × Mountain Chickadee
hybridPoecile atricapillus × gambeli
Sichuan Tit
speciesPoecile weigoldicus
Black-bibbed Tit
speciesPoecile hypermelaenus
White-browed Tit
speciesPoecile superciliosus
Père David's Tit
speciesPoecile davidi
Caspian Tit
speciesPoecile hyrcanus
Carolina × Black-capped Chickadee
hybridPoecile carolinensis × atricapillus
Mountain × Mexican Chickadee
hybridPoecile gambeli × sclateri
Siberian × Willow Tit
hybridPoecile cinctus × montanus
Mountain × Boreal Chickadee
hybridPoecile gambeli × hudsonicus
Black-capped × Boreal Chickadee
hybridPoecile atricapillus × hudsonicus
Mountain × Chestnut-backed Chickadee
hybridPoecile gambeli × rufescens
Siberian Tit × Boreal Chickadee
hybridPoecile cinctus × hudsonicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144351.