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Where Do Carolina Chickadees Actually Live in the US?

Carolina Chickadees live in 23 US states and are confirmed absent from 18 more, based on 8,640,169 verified iNaturalist and GBIF records. This page covers every state at once instead of one near-identical page per state.

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By Tim, founder of Easy Street Markets. I maintain the wildlife database and verify every animal and source myself.

The states with the strongest confirmed populations are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia and Illinois, and 17 more. These are real, verified iNaturalist and GBIF occurrence records, not modeled range estimates.

Carolina Chickadees have zero confirmed wild sightings in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana and Nevada, or 8 other states, despite tens of thousands of nationwide observation records for the species. That is a real, checked absence, not a missing page.

A small number of states (8) have only a handful of unverified or vagrant records, too few to confirm carolina chickadees as an established population there.

Confirmed states (23)

Not found (18)

  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Maine
  • Minnesota
  • Montana
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Rhode Island
  • South Dakota
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Washington

Unconfirmed (8)

Only a handful of unverified or vagrant records exist for carolina chickadees in Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin, Wyoming, too few to confirm an established population.

Frequently asked questions

What states do carolina chickadees live in?+

Carolina Chickadees have confirmed wild populations in 23 US states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Where are carolina chickadees not found in the US?+

Carolina Chickadees have no confirmed wild sightings in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Washington.

Full carolina chickadees guides by state