The mountain chickadee is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
Mountain chickadee
Image: Mountain Chickadee, Santa Fe Ski Area
Image: Mountain Chickadee
Image: Poecile gambeli 2
The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus Parus.
Tit (bird)
The tufted titmouse is restricted to North America.
Hold-hammering is a common way for the family to deal with food items.
Blue tit with prey item