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Poecile  Kaup, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553526

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Penthestes Reichenbach, 1850
  
    Phaeopharus Madarász, 1899
  
    Poeciloides Bianchi, 1902
  
    Paecila Kaup, 1829
  
    Paecilia Kaup, 1829
  
    Poecila Olphe-Galliard, 1891
  
    Poecilia Kaup, 1829
  
    Poikilis Kaup, 1829
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyParidae Vigors, 1825 – Chickadees, Titmice, Tits  
                               GenusPoecile Kaup, 1829  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Black-capped Chickadee, Mésange à tête noire, chapim-de-barrete-preto, Carbonero cabecinegro 
                                  Species Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) – Carolina Chickadee, Mésange de Caroline, chapim-carolino, Carbonero de Carolina 
                                  Species Poecile cinctus (Boddaert, 1783) – Gray-headed Chickadee, Grey-headed Chickadee, Mésange lapone, chapim-da-lapónia, Carbonero lapón 
                                  Species Poecile davidi Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891 – Pere David's Tit, Mésange de David, chapim-ferrugíneo, chapim-de-david, Carbonero de David 
                                  Species Poecile gambeli (Ridgway, 1886) – Mountain Chickadee, Mésange de Gambel, chapim-da-montanha, chapim-serrano, Carbonero montañés 
                                  Species Poecile hudsonicus (J. R. Forster, 1772) – Boreal Chickadee, Mésange à tête brune, chapim-boreal, Carbonero boreal 
                                  Species Poecile hypermelaenus Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891 – Black-bibbed Tit, Mésange à bavette, chapim-barba-negra, chapim-de-babete-preto, Carbonero barbinegro 
                                  Species Poecile hyrcanus Zarudny & Loudon, 1905 – Caspian Tit, Mésange d'Iran, chapim-do-cáspio, Carbonero del Caspio 
                                  Species Poecile lugubris (Temminck, 1820) – Sombre Tit, Mésange lugubre, chapim-sombrio, chapim-lúgubre, Carbonero lúgubre 
                                  Species Poecile montanus (Conrad von Baldenstein, 1827) – Willow Tit, Mésange boréale, chapim-montês, Carbonero montano 
                                  Species Poecile palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) – Marsh Tit, Mésange nonnette, chapim-palustre, Carbonero palustre 
                                  Species Poecile rufescens (J. K. Townsend, 1837) – Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Mésange à dos marron, chapim-de-dorso-castanho, Carbonero dorsicastaño 
                                  Species Poecile sclateri (Kleinschmidt, 1897) – Mexican Chickadee, Mésange grise, chapim-mexicano, Carbonero mexicano 
                                  Species Poecile superciliosus Przevalski, 1876 – White-browed Tit, Mésange à sourcils blancs, chapim-de-sobrancelha-branca, Carbonero cejiblanco 
                                  Species Poecile weigoldicus (Kleinschmidt, 1921) – Sichuan Tit, Mésange de Weigold, chapim-de-sujuão, Carbonero de Sichuán 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Poecile    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Poecile    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Poecile   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank B., Beth Slikas, and Frederick H. Sheldon  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogeny of Titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 122, no. 1   
  Page(s): 121-143   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Poecile   
       

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