Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)

Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) - HBW 12, p. 717

French: Mésange à tête brune German: Hudsonmeise Spanish: Carbonero Boreal
Other common names: Hudsonian/Acadian/Brown-capped Chickadee

Taxonomy: Parus Hudsonicus J. R. Forster, 1772, Severn River, Hudson Bay, Canada.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Genus normally treated as feminine, but no evidence in original description or elsewhere justifies this, so genus is masculine by default. Forms a superspecies, and has been considered conspecific, with P. cinctus and P. rufescens. Geographical variation slight, and confused by seasonal and individual variation; additional named races, based on very slight differences, include cascadensis (Cascade Mts, in extreme S British Columbia and extreme N Washingt.. View all taxonomy...

Subspecies and Distribution:

stoneyi ( Ridgway, 1887) - NW USA (NC Alaska) and NW Canada.
columbianus ( Rhoads, 1893) - S Alaska and adjacent W Canada, S in NW USA to N Washington.
hudsonicus ( J. R. Forster, 1772) - C Alaska E to E Canada (E to Labrador and Newfoundland).

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stoneyi ( Ridgway, 1887) - NW USA (NC Alaska) and NW Canada.
columbianus ( Rhoads, 1893) - S Alaska and adjacent W Canada, S in NW USA to N Washington.
hudsonicus ( J. R. Forster, 1772) - C Alaska E to E Canada (E to Labrador and Newfoundland).
farleyi ( Godfrey, 1951) - SC Canada (E British Columbia E to C Manitoba).
littoralis ( H. Bryant, 1865) - extreme SE Canada (S Quebec E to Prince Edward I and Nova Scotia) and extreme NE USA (E from New York).