Carolina Chickadee Photo Gallery
Tiny, approachable bird with a short neck and large head, giving it a distinctive spherical body shape. Stark white cheeks contrast with black cap and throat. Note grayish nape or collar and grayish edging on secondaries.
© Martina Nordstrand / Macaulay LibrarySouth Carolina, December 06, 2020© Daniel Irons / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, December 08, 2019
Song is a distinctive 4-noted whistle, longer than songs of other chickadees.
© Benjamin Clock / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, May 13, 2012Not all videos have soundTiny and round with a short bill. Gray overall with a black cap and throat, and stark white cheeks. Note gray-edged secondaries.
© Michael O'Brien / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, February 18, 2017Acrobatic forager found in deciduous and mixed deciduous-evergreen woodlands, swamps, riparian areas, open woods and parks, and also in suburban and urban areas.
© Brad Imhoff / Macaulay LibraryOhio, September 17, 2020Compare with Similar Species
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Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Paridae)
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