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Birdsong field guide

Mexican Chickadee

Poecile sclateri

A small, high-altitude passerine distinguished by its unusually large black bib and gray-washed flanks. It is the only member of its genus whose primary range is located within the Mexican highlands.

What it sounds like

A buzzy, rapid 'pree-dee-dee-dee' that is lower-pitched and huskier than the calls of its northern relatives.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Manuel Grosselet · MexicoCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

It possesses a significantly larger black throat patch than other North American chickadees, extending well onto the upper breast.
Unlike the Mountain Chickadee, it lacks a white supercilium (eyebrow), and it lacks the white wing-edging found in the Black-capped Chickadee.
It is a 'sky island' specialist, restricted to isolated high-elevation mountain ranges in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
The species is non-migratory, maintaining year-round territories in dense coniferous forests.
It frequently participates in mixed-species foraging flocks, often associating with kinglets, warblers, and nuthatches.

Habitat

High-elevation coniferous and pine-oak forests, typically ranging from 7,000 to 11,000 feet.

Range

The Sierra Madre Occidental and Oriental in Mexico, extending north into the Chiricahua and Animas mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Black-bibbed TitPoecile hypermelaenus Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis Caspian TitPoecile hyrcanus Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens Gray-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus Marsh TitPoecile palustris

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