Mexican Chickadee (Poecile sclateri)

Mexican Chickadee, a reference photo — Photo: Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

The Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri) is a small passerine songbird in the family Paridae, the tits and chickadees. It is found in Mexico and the U. S. states of Arizona and New Mexico.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mexican Chickadee being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Poecile gambeli
Poecile lugubris

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Poecile
Species: Poecile sclateri

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