hello tweets,

i seem to recall that recently the black-capped and chestnut-backed
chickadees' genus was renamed from Poecile (because the name is in
the feminine article?). is this true? if so, can anyone tell me what
the new genus name is now? can anyone send the reference for the
article or paper where this change was made?

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson, Girl Scientist nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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