Listen to the Black-capped chickadee
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About the Black-capped chickadee
The Black-capped chickadee is a bird in the family Paridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 13 g.
What does the Black-capped chickadee sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a member of the Paridae family, also known as tits. It has a distinct black cap on its head, a black bib underneath, and white cheeks. It has a white belly, buff sides, and grey wings, back, and tail. The bird is well known for its vocalizations, including its fee-bee song and its chick-a-dee-dee-dee call, from which it derives its name.
Related birds in the genus Poecile
More from the family Paridae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-capped chickadee sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Black-capped chickadee on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Black-capped chickadee endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-capped chickadee as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-capped chickadee belong to?
The Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) belongs to the family Paridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call by Eric B – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Carver Park Reserve, Carver, Minnesota, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Bear Head Lake State Park, St. Louis, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Minnesota Valley NWR, Cliff Fen, Dakota, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q282687 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-capped chickadee – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by No machine-readable author provided. Mdf assumed (based on copyright claims). – CC BY-SA 3.0