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Definition of Black-capped chickadee
1. Noun. Chickadee having a dark crown.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-capped Chickadee
Literary usage of Black-capped chickadee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"The bird's notes were not at all those of the black-capped chickadee, and a
description and imitation of them were quite realistic, enough to send my memory ..."
2. Birds of North America by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"black-capped chickadee (opposite) Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio Across
North America, this relatively tame, backyard bird has been known to take seed ..."
3. Gleanings from Nature by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1899)
"The black-capped chickadee is a better known bird than the tufted titmouse, its
colors being more striking and its habits more sociable than that species. ..."
4. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"The nesting habits of this bird appear to be quite similar to those of the
black-capped chickadee, the nest being placed in a deserted woodpecker hole, ..."
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