Mexican chickadee
Poecile sclateri
Identification Tips:
- Short bill
- Black crown and throat
- White face
- Gray upperparts
- Grayish-white underparts
- Gray flanks
- Sexes similar
- Often found in small flocks
- United States range restricted to southeastern Arizona and southwestern
New Mexico
Similar species:
The Mexican Chickadee is similar to the Mountain Chickadee but lacks a
white supercilium. Other chickadees lack the gray flanks of the Mexican
Chickadee.