Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) Poecile carolinensis x atricapillusHybrid    Synonyms: BCCH x CACH, CACH x BCCH.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Passeriformes   >   Family Paridae   >   Genus Poecile   

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Hybrids are common along the edges of the two species' ranges. In Maryland, they are especially common in far western Washington County.

There are 8 records in the project database.

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A Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/29/2020). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

A Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/30/2020). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/5/2021). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/5/2021). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (10/23/2022). (c) Aidan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by aidanrf via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/5/2021). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/7/2023). (c) Jayden Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by someowletmoth221 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) in Washington Co., Maryland (5/23/2021). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)


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