Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (15)
- 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 (United States) | Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
French | 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 |
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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Gr.: ancient Greek
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee.