Endangered listing sought as gray-headed chickadee disappears from Alaska

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 773

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Environmentalists are seeking Endangered Species Act protections for an Arctic-dwelling bird that has not been documented in Alaska since 2018.

The Center for Biological Diversity last week submitted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting an endangered listing for the gray-capped chickadee, a bird that dwells on the northern edge of the boreal forest.

Gray-headed chickadees, formerly called Siberian tits, are small songbirds found mostly in northern Eurasia. They used to …

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