Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
- umum
- 19 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Tiny, curious, and fearless. Will land on your finger to hand-deliver the message.
- Populasi
- ~43 million mature individuals (global)
- Habitat
- Deciduous and mixed forests, forest edges, willow/alder thickets, and urban/suburban parks and yards with trees; avoids dense unbroken conifer stands
- Fakta menarik
- Black-capped Chickadees cache thousands of individual food items each autumn and have a hippocampus that seasonally enlarges (peaking around October) and regrows neurons, helping them relocate cached food and even recall the relative quality of cached items weeks later.
- Sebaran
- Northern North America — from Alaska across Canada to the northeastern and north-central United States, extending south through the Appalachians and into parts of the northern Rockies/West; largely a non-migratory permanent resident
- Makanan
- Omnivorous — mostly insects, spiders, and caterpillars in summer; seeds, berries, and cached food (especially at feeders) in winter, when vegetable matter can reach up to ~50% of intake
- Ukuran
- 0,13 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,185 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,5 tahun
