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Introduction
What the Chestnut-backed Chickadee Looks Like
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has overall_color color of black and white and chestnut and grey.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has above_color color of black and white and chestnut and grey.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has head color of black and white.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has face color of black and white.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has below_color color of chestnut and grey.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has back color of chestnut.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has bill color of greyish.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has wing color of black and white and grey.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has belly color of chestnut and grey.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has tail color of black and white.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has chest color of chestnut and grey.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has leg color of greyish.
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee has neck color of chestnut and grey.
Weight, Length, and Wingspan of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee
The length of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee is from 3.9 inches to 4.7 inches (9.9 cm to 11.9 cm).
The weight of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee is from 0.3 ounces to 0.4 ounces (8.5 grams to 11.3 grams).
The wingspan of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee is 7.5 inches (19.1 cm).
Pictures of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Feeding Behavior of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee
primarily forages by hopping between twigs and branches and picking food off the ground.
It frequently hangs upside down to reach the underside of branches.
Readily comes to bird feeders for seeds or suet.
May store food, recovering it later.
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What the Chestnut-backed Chickadee Likes to Eat
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee feeds on the following:
- insects (caterpillars, moths, beetles, leafhoppers, scale insects, small wasps)
- spiders
- seeds (especially of conifers)
- berries
Where To Find the Chestnut-backed Chickadee
You can find the Chestnut-backed Chickadee in the following habitats:
- Moist conifer forests
- adjacent oaks
- shade trees
- willows along streams
- pine-oak woods
- redwood forest with understory of alders and willows