Black-capped chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

Size: 5.25 inches
Overall Color: black and white and buffy
Occurrence: open mountain forest, towns
Diet: seeds, insects, berries
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: black cap, black bib, white cheeks, buffy sides, gray wings, hyperactive
Season: year-round

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 55 Paridae (chickadees,titmice)
Genus: Poecile
Species: atricapillus