Definition of "black-capped" [black-capped]

• Having black on the top of the head: applied to sundry birds. See blackcap, 2.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The reaction of our resident black-capped chickadees was more dramatic."
• "Not so much to the app's black-capped chickadee call, but to the Carolina chickadee's clean four- to six-note song."
• "They look similar to the local chickadees, though brown- rather than black-capped."