Stats

Lifespan: 2-11 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

A tiny, energetic songbird of the southeastern United States, nearly identical to its northern cousin the Black-capped Chickadee but with a slightly shorter tail and a faster, more slurred song. It caches thousands of food items each autumn and can remember the location of each one for weeks.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Poecile
Species: Poecile carolinensis