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Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Poecile rufescensOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Titmice and Chickadees (Paridae)
Chesnut-backed Chickadee Head

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: Capped, Plain, Striped
  • Crown Color: Black
  • Forehead Color: Black
  • Nape Color: Black
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Chesnut-backed Chickadee Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 12 cm (4.75 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: White with gray wash.
  • Upperparts: Red-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Chesnut-backed Chickadee Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flights of short duration.
  • Wingspan Range: 13-23 cm (5-9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark Gray
  • Under Tail: Dark Gray
  • Leg Color: Gray-black
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Family Titmice (Paridae)_blue
Species Poecile rufescens
Length4.75 Inches
Wingspan7 Inches

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Small, energetic chickadee with chestnut-brown back, rump and flanks, and white breast and belly. Cap and throat are black; cheek patch is white. Wings and tail are dark. Legs and feet are gray-black. Song not whistled like other chickadees, more like a sparrow chipping.

● Song: "chip-chip-chip-chip", "tseek-a-dee-dee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Diet includes seeds, spiders, caterpillars, and other insects.

● Breeding & nesting: Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Five to nine white eggs with sparse red brown marks are laid in a natural cavity or woodpecker hole. Often excavates a rotten stump and then builds nest of moss and hair inside. Incubation ranges from 11 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Black-capped and Mountain chickadees lack bright chestnut-brown back, rump, and sides.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flights of short duration.
Chesnut-backed Chickadee Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Resident from coastal Alaska south to central California; also in western ranges of the Rocky Mountains in southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, and western Montana. Preferred habitats are Pacific rain forest and moist areas containing conifers.
BreedingMonogamous, Loose colonies
PopulationFairly common to common
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces