Chestnut-Backed Chickadee

The Chestnut Chickadee is the smallest chickadee being only 4 inches long and weighing just 7 grams. The Chestnut Chickadee has a short bill, brownish cap, black bib and white cheeks. He has a deep chestnut back giving him his name.

The Chestnut Chickadee lives along the Pacific coast from southern Alaska to southern California and north into Idaho and Oregon. Chestnut Chickadees are permanent residents. They do move somewhat by going to lower elevations in the same area during the cold winter months then moving back to the higher elevations in the summer.

Chestnut-Backed Chickadees like to use a lot of fur and hair when they make their nests. 50% of their nests are hair and fur.