Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Summary 4
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens, is a small perching bird with a black and white head and chestnut back and gray flanks. They have a small beak and long tail.
To hear sounds of chestnut-backed chickadees: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chestnut-backed_Chickadee/sounds
Where on Campus? 5
Chestnut-backed chickadees are usually seen in the dense clumps of trees around the perimeter of campus, including the redwoods by parking lot 8 and along the Adobe Creek Corridor.
They are often seen in mixed species flocks outside of the breeding season with ruby-crowned kinglets, oak titmice, white breasted nuthatches and Oregon juncos.
Habitat 5
Chickadees are found in dense coniferous and mixed coniferous forests and parks of cities, towns, and suburbs.
Life History 5
Nesting Chestnut-backed Chickadees will nest in cavities or build open nests. Females build the nests. Chestnut-backed Chickadees use animal fur woven with plant material, including a thin "blanket" that can be used to cover the eggs when the adults leave the nest (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chestnut-backed_Chickadee/lifehistory)
Feeding Chestnut backed Chickadees primarily feed on insects gleaned from foliage and seeds.
Distribution 5
Central California to south central Alaska
Migration 5
Residents
Sources and Credits
- (c) Maggie.Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12599017@N08/6086751918
- (c) Linda Tanner from Los Osos, California, U.S.A., some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Poecile_rufescens_1.jpg
- (c) kevincole on Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Poecile_rufescens_Montana_de_Oro.jpg/460px-Poecile_rufescens_Montana_de_Oro.jpg
- Adapted by gillian360 from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poecile_rufescens
- (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
