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Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

The Carolina Chickadee is a small, cheerful bird with a black cap and white cheeks. They love to flit around trees and are known for their sweet, whistling calls that sound like 'chick-a-dee-dee-dee'.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Carolina Chickadee is a small, plump songbird with a distinctive black cap and bib, contrasted by crisp white cheeks. Its back and wings are gray, while its belly is whitish with buffy sides, making it slightly less white on the wing edges compared to its northern cousin.

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Carolina Chickadee
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Carolina Chickadee

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Carolina Chickadees fluff up their feathers to trap air and stay warm.

Chickadees often nest inside abandoned woodpecker holes or tiny tree cavities!

Their heart can beat over 500 times per minute when they are active!

This tiny bird can hang upside down to find hidden insects on branches!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Memory Master

Carolina Chickadee can recall hundreds of hidden food locations because its brain's memory center temporarily expands in the fall.

Fähigkeit

Cold Conqueror

Carolina Chickadee can lower its body temperature at night (torpor) to save energy and survive freezing winter nights.

Fähigkeit

Forest Language

Carolina Chickadee has complex 'chick-a-dee-dee-dee' calls that communicate specific predator threats and their danger level.

Maße und Details

Länge
11.5-13 cm
Flügelspannweite
16-20 cm
Gewicht
0.009-0.012 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-7 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-10
Brutzeit
12-14 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny birds feast on insects, spiders, seeds, and berries, especially in colder months!

Hauptnahrung

  • Caterpillars
  • Aphids
  • Spiders
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Suet
  • Berries

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

A common predator that hunts small birds like chickadees.

depends on

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Chickadees often use old woodpecker nest cavities for their own nests.

eats

White Oak

Quercus alba

Chickadees forage for insects and seeds found on oak trees.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Chickadee

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Carolina Chickadee?

11.5-13 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Carolina Chickadee?

16-20 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Carolina Chickadee?

0.009-0.012 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Carolina Chickadee?

2-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Carolina Chickadee?

35 km/h

Was frisst Carolina Chickadee?

These tiny birds feast on insects, spiders, seeds, and berries, especially in colder months!

Wo findet man Carolina Chickadee normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Carolina Chickadee?

Foraging

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