Chestnut-backed chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Identification Tips:
- Short bill
- Dark brown crown
- White face
- Black throat
- Rufous back and sides
- Gray wings and tail
- White underparts
- Sexes similar
Similar species:
Boreal Chickadee has less white in the face than the Chestnut-backed
Chickadee and has duller brown flanks and back. Other chickadees lack rufous
backs and flanks.