A chickadee is a small North American bird with gray and black feathers.
[US]
chickadee in British English
(ˈtʃɪkəˌdiː)
noun
any of various small North American songbirds of the genus Parus, such as P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee), typically having grey-and-black plumage: family Paridae (titmice)
Word origin
C19: imitative of its note
chickadee in American English
(ˈtʃɪkəˌdi)
US
noun
any of various titmice (genus Parus), generally with black, gray, and white feathers