Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- 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
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Kastanjerugmees |
| English | Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
| English (United States) | Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
| French | Mésange à dos marron |
| French (French Guiana) | Mésange à dos marron |
| German | Rotrückenmeise |
| Icelandic | Ryðmeisa |
| Japanese | クロイロコガラ |
| Norwegian | kastanjemeis |
| Polish | sikora brunatna |
| Russian | Каштановоспинная гаичка |
| Serbian | Kestenjasta senica |
| Slovak | sýkorka hrdzavochrbtá |
| Spanish | Carbonero Dorsicastaño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carbonero dorsicastaño |
| Swedish | rostmes |
| Turkish | Kestane Sırtlı Baştankara |
| Ukrainian | Гаїчка рудоспинна |
Poecile rufescens ("Townsend, JK", 1837)
PROTONYM:
Parus rufescens
"Townsend, JK", 1837. J.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 7, p.192.
TYPE LOCALITY:
forests of Columbia River; probably near Fort Vancouver, Washington.
Definitions
- POECILE
- rufescens
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee.