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What the Mountain Chickadee sounds like
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Adults of both sexes have a black cap joining a black postocular stripe behind distinctive white eyebrows. Their backs and flanks are gray and they have paler gray underparts; they have a short black bill, and a black bib. The typical adult wingspan is 7.5 in (19 cm), and the overall length is 5–6 in (13–15 cm). The Mountain Chickadee is one of 55 species of chickadees and tits. Voice: Their call is a throaty chick-adee-dee-dee, while their song is a 3- or 4-note descending whistle fee-bee-bay or fee-bee-fee-bee. Their song sounds like it is whistling the word "Cheeseburger". They travel in pairs or small groups, and may join multi-species feeding flocks after breeding season.
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When to see the Mountain Chickadee
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Mountain Chickadee
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Mountain Chickadee
The mountain chickadee is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
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Easily confused with
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisThe nominate subspecies has a black cap and nape with a blue sheen visible at close quarters.
Willow TitPoecile montanusThe willow tit is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) in length, has a wingspan of 17–20.5 cm (6.7–8.1 in) and weighs around 11 g (0.39 oz).
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescensIt is a small chickadee, 11.5–12.5 cm (4.5–4.9 in) long with a weight of 8.5–12.6 g (0.30–0.44 oz).
Side by side: Black-capped Chickadee vs Mountain Chickadee · Carolina Chickadee vs Mountain Chickadee · Chestnut-backed Chickadee vs Mountain Chickadee · Marsh Tit vs Mountain Chickadee · Mountain Chickadee vs Willow Tit
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