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Scientific Name
Poecile atricapillus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Park
Isle Royale National Park (ISRO)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Black-capped chickadee, Chickadee
Park Synonyms
Parus atricapillus
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyParidae
GenusPoecile
SpeciesPoecile atricapillus
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Present in Park. Name change sequence: 1983 (Parus atricapillus), 1998 (Poecile atricapillus), 2000 (Poecile atricapilla) as per The History of North American Bird Names in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists 1886 - 2000. Website accessed on December 8, 2005 (http://members.aol.com/darwinpage/zoo/AOUd.htm#Chickadees). Recorded as Parus atricapillus in Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982; Van Buskirk and Smith 1994; and Krefting, Lee, Shelton, and Gilbert 1966.; Data Source: Egan and Oelfke 1999. Van Buskirk and Smith 1994. Janke, Peterson, Peterson, and Lindsay 1994. Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982. Krefting, Lee, Shelton, and Gilbert 1966.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Park is within area of year around residency (Sibley 2000).; Data Source: Sibley 2000. Brewer, McPeek, and Adams 1991. Krefting, Lee, Shelton, and Gilbert 1966.
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
Common summer resident (Van Buskirk and Smith 1994). Uncommon (Janke, Peterson, Peterson, and Lindsay 1994). Common (Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982).; Data Source: Van Buskirk and Smith 1994. Janke, Peterson, Peterson, and Lindsay 1994. Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982.
Seasonality Tags
  • Resident
    Confirmed breeding in 1992 and 1994 (Van Buskirk and Smith 1994). Permanent resident (Janke, Peterson, Peterson, and Lindsay 1994), (Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982).; Data Source: Van Buskirk and Smith 1994. Janke, Peterson, Peterson, and Lindsay 1994. Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
6
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
DML
Created Date
9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Mark Hart
Last Modified Date
7/17/2008 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Name change sequence: 1983 (Parus atricapillus), 1998 (Poecile atricapillus), 2000 (Poecile atricapilla) as per The History of North American Bird Names in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists 1886 - 2000. Website accessed on December 8, 2005 (http://members.aol.com/darwinpage/zoo/AOUd.htm#Chickadees)., Park Species Data Source: Sibley 2000. Egan and Oelfke 1999. Van Buskirk and Smith 1994. Janke, Peterson, Peterson, and Lindsay 1994. Brewer, McPeek, and Adams 1991. Johnsson, Shelton, and Jordan 1982. Krefting, Lee, Shelton, and Gilbert 1966.
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