Poecile atricapillus
Identification. Small, active songbird with a black cap and bib, white cheeks, and gray back and wings. Distinctive 'chick-a-dee-dee-dee' call gives the species its name.
Status in Michigan. Common year-round resident. Black-capped Chickadee is one of the most familiar songbirds in Michigan and is present in every county. The species overlaps narrowly with Boreal Chickadee in the western Upper Peninsula, where habitat shifts toward spruce-fir boreal forest.
Habitat. Mixed deciduous-coniferous forest, suburban yards with mature trees, woodland edges.
Where to find Black-capped Chickadee. Visible year-round at backyard feeders across Michigan and on every winter Christmas Bird Count.
Best Michigan counties for Black-capped Chickadee. All Michigan counties. Click any county above to see recent Black-capped Chickadee sightings and hotspot information.
Conservation. Stable, abundant. No conservation concern.
The sightings table below this section pulls live Black-capped Chickadee reports from eBird across all 83 Michigan counties, refreshed every 15 minutes. For comprehensive historical records and global range information, the eBird species profile and Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birds of the World account are the authoritative references.
Edited by Chris Izworski, Bay City, Michigan. Sightings data from eBird, updated every 15 minutes.