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Poecile carolinensis
Carolina Chickadee
Assateague Island National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Carolina Chickadee
Park Synonyms:		Parus carolinensis

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Paridae, Genus Poecile, Species Poecile carolinensis


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: S5; VA: S5
Evidence:		298 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Constitution Gardens
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
East Potomac Park	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac	Mammoth Cave National Park
Moores Creek National Battlefield	National Capital Parks
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Stones River National Battlefield
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	White House
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	9/16/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/1/2025 2:32:42 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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