Gray-headed Chickadee
(Poecile cinctus)

Overview

Summary

© Estormiz - License
For additional photos and vocalizations, visit Dendroica. (Link opens in a new window.)

The Gray-headed Chickadee is known in Canada from the remote woodlands north of the Arctic Circle in Yukon and the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories (Godfrey 1986, Sinclair et al. 2003). Although it is clearly resident in this part of the country, data on population size or trends are entirely lacking. Currently, it is not possible to assess the status of the Canadian population in relation to 1970. This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada.

Designations

Population status

Population estimate

Distribution maps

• Birds of North America Online

Migration strategy, occurrence

Responsibility for conservation of world population

Conservation and management

Specific threats to the species on its North American range have not been identified, although logging is considered detrimental to its habitat in Eurasia (Hailman and Haftorn 1995), where it is known as the Siberian Tit.

Bird conservation region strategies

Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:

• conservation concerns (i.e., species vulnerable due to population size, distribution, population trend, abundance, or threats)
• stewardship responsibilities (i.e., species that typify the regional avifauna or have a large proportion of their range or population in the sub-region)
• management concerns (i.e., species that require ongoing management because of their socio-economic importance as game species, or because of their impacts on other species or habitats)
• other concerns (i.e., species deemed a priority by regional experts for other reasons than those listed above or because they are listed as species at risk or concern at the provincial level)

Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.

References

• Godfrey, W. E. 1986. The birds of Canada, revised edition. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa. 595 pp.
• Hailman, J.P. and S. Haftorn. 1995. Gray-headed Chickadee (Poecile cincta), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Hailman, J.P. and S. Haftorn. 1995. Gray-headed Chickadee (Poecile cincta), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. (Link)
• Sinclair, P.H., W.A. Nixon, C.D. Eckert and N. L. Hughes. 2003. Birds of the Yukon Territory. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, British Columbia. 644 pp.