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;[[:Category:Poecile|Poecile]] hudsonica | ;[[:Category:Poecile|Poecile]] hudsonica | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12.5–14.5 cm. Grey-brown upperparts, brown cap, greyish wings and tail, grey face with white sides, white underparts, brown flanks, black throat, short dark bill, short wings, long notched tail. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
In most boreal regions throughout [[North America]]. | In most boreal regions throughout [[North America]]. | ||
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Polytypic. Consists of five species. | Polytypic. Consists of five species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Coniferous woods. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | They nest in a tree hole which both sexes excavate. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects and seeds. | ||
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| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | Call: ''tsik-a-dee-dee''. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Poecile+hudsonica}} | {{GSearch|Poecile+hudsonica}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Poecile | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Poecile]] |
Revision as of 14:50, 9 December 2008
Photo by lwr in Whitbourne, Newfoundland.
- Poecile hudsonica
Identification
12.5–14.5 cm. Grey-brown upperparts, brown cap, greyish wings and tail, grey face with white sides, white underparts, brown flanks, black throat, short dark bill, short wings, long notched tail.
Distribution
In most boreal regions throughout North America.
Taxonomy
Polytypic. Consists of five species.
Habitat
Coniferous woods.
Behaviour
They nest in a tree hole which both sexes excavate.
The diet includes insects and seeds.
Vocalisation
Call: tsik-a-dee-dee.
