parus atricapillus

1. 1.

   chickadee having a dark crown

   Synonymsblack-capped chickadeeblackcap

   Broaderchickadee

Questions about parus atricapillus

What does parus atricapillus mean?

parus atricapillus means "chickadee having a dark crown".

What is another word for parus atricapillus?

Close synonyms include black-capped chickadee, blackcap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parus atricapillus a common word?

parus atricapillus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.