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Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (14)
  • Subspecies (3)
Donald L. Dahlsten, Leonard A. Brennan, D. Archibald McCallum, and Sandra L. Gaunt
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002

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Recommended Citation

Dahlsten, D. L., L. A. Brennan, D. A. McCallum, and S. L. Gaunt (2020). Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chbchi.01