Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- Black cap and throat
- White cheek with pale grayish nape
- Pale gray below (may be buffy on sides)
- Gray back
- © Errol Taskin
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- Black cap and throat
- Pale below, often with buffy sides
- White cheek with pale grayish nape
- Long tail
- © Kevin Shea, VA, January 2009
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- White cheek with pale grayish nape
- Pale below, often with buffy sides
- Wings dark with some grayish edging
- © Kevin Shea, VA, December 2008
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- White cheek with pale grayish nape
- Black bib with sharp edges and neat corners
- Gray back
- Wings dark with some grayish edging
- Short black bill
- © Michael Drummond, December 2008
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- White cheek with pale grayish nape
- Gray back
- Wings dark with some grayish edging (usually not bright)
- © Donna Wilson, December 2008
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- White cheek with pale grayish nape
- Pale below, often with buffy sides
- Wings dark with some grayish edging (usually not bright)
- © Dianne Powell, December 2008
Carolina Chickadee
Adult
- Pale below, often with buffy sides
- Gray back
- Wings dark with some grayish edging (usually not bright)
- © Don Rash, December 2008
Similar Species
Adult
- Usually can be separated by range (Black-capped in north U.S., Carolina in south), but overlap in a narrow belt from Nebraska E to New Jersey
- Usually browner overall, with more orangish on sides
- Mostly white nape
- Black bib bigger and more ragged in corners
- More white edging on wings
- Song and calls different
- © Jerry Acton
Adult male
- Very different shape than chickadees, with short tail and long bill
- No black throat
- Back bluish-gray
- © Mike E. Worthington, GA, January 2009
Adult male
- Gray overall with bright yellow wing-panel
- Black throat and mask, yellow crown
- Thin black bill
- © Gerry Dewaghe, PA, May 2006
Adult male transitional
- Black throat and bib, gray cap
- Reddish brown nape and back
- Gray face and underparts
- Thick bill
- © Donald Metzner, January 2009