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Photo by lwr in Whitbourne, Newfoundland.

Poecile hudsonica

[edit] 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.

[edit] Distribution

In most boreal regions throughout North America.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of five species.

[edit] Habitat

Coniferous woods.

[edit] Behaviour

They nest in a tree hole which both sexes excavate.

The diet includes insects and seeds.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: tsik-a-dee-dee.

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