ChickadeesMexican ChickadeePoecile sclateri
- ORDER: Passeriformes
- FAMILY: Paridae
Basic Description
The Mexican Chickadee is the only species of chickadee found in Mexico, where it occurs typically above 6,200 feet elevation in deciduous, mixed, or conifer forests. Despite their unique range they are like other chickadees: they nest in cavities, forage acrobatically for caterpillars and other insects, and act as ringleaders in mixed-species flocks. They are darker overall than other chickadees, with a large black bib and a harsh, raspy "chick-a-dee" call. Aside from two tiny populations in the southwestern U.S., their range is restricted to Mexico.
More ID InfoOther Names
- Carbonero Mexicano (Spanish)
- Mésange grise (French)
- Cool Facts
- Mexican Chickadee is the southernmost chickadee species in the New World, ranging as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico.
- A wide-ranging species in Mexico, the Mexican Chickadee occurs in just two places in the United States: the higher portions of both the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona and the Animas Mountains of southwestern New Mexico.