Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Adult
- Dark brown cap and throat
- Chestnut upper back
- Blackish wings with white edging
- White cheek patch
- © quasimodo4502, CA, San Francisco, January 2008
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Adult
- Dark brown cap and throat
- Chestnut upper back and pale belly
- Blackish wings with white edging
- White cheek patch
- © birdiemama, CA, Morro Bay State Park, October 2007
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Adult
- Dark brown cap and throat
- White cheek patch
- Chesnut flanks and upper back
- © cdbtx, WA, Monroe
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Adult
- Dark brown cap and throat
- White cheek patch
- Chesnut flanks and upper back
- © cdbtx, WA, Monroe, February 2009
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Adult
- Grayish wings edged in white
- Chestnut upper back and flanks
- Short, pointed bill
- © cdbtx, WA, Monroe, February 2009
Similar Species
Adult
- Gray back
- Buffy flanks
- © Jerry Acton
Adult
- Boreal chickadee has brown, not chestnut back
- Boreal chickadee has buffy, not chestnut flanks
- © Laure Erickson , MN, January 2009
Adult
- Bright white eyebrow breaks up the black cap
- Flanks are clean grayish white, without any brown
- Back is gray, not chestnut
- © Michael Woodruff