Although the mountain chickadee is the black-capped’s closest relative, the Carolina chickadee likely will cause the most trouble, especially in late spring and summer when the black-capped’s ...

Wagner DN, Curry RL, Chen N, Lovette IJ, Taylor SA. 2020. Genomic regions underlying metabolic and neuronal signaling pathways are temporally consistent outliers in a moving avian hybrid zone.

The Carolina chickadee’s geographic range overlaps the black-capped. Listen and look for differences. Its chick-a-dee-dee call is higher and faster than the black-capped. Also, its white cheek ...

Black-capped (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina chickadees (P. carolinensis) hybridize in a narrow band that stretches from New Jersey to Kansas. Using a combination of genomic, transcriptomic, and ...

A fledgling black capped chickadee. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...