Mountain chickadee
Poecile gambeli

Size: 6 inches
Overall Color: black and white and gray and buff
Occurrence: open coniferous forest
Diet: seeds, insects, berries
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: white line above eye, black through eye, white cheeks, black top of head and bib, buffy sides and flank, gray wings
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: gambeli