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Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)

Boreal Chickadee
Photo: David Mitchell via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Boreal Chickadee

The boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) is a small passerine songbird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in the boreal forests of Alaska, Canada and the northern United States and remains within this range all year. This bird is known for its high pitched trill patterns used in communication with other birds and food storage habits in preparation for winter months.

Source: Boreal chickadee on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

A real field recording of the Boreal Chickadee. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.

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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.

Song (0:48) via xeno-canto.org/1103706, licensed CC BY-SA — free for commercial use.
Song (1:25) via xeno-canto.org/1033121, licensed CC BY-SA — free for commercial use.

2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Canada, United States · xeno-canto lists 114 recordings for this species in total.

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