1. The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. 2. It is a passerine bird in the family Paridae . 3. It has now been placed into the Paridae . 4. Together with these and others they were at some time placed in the titmouse family Paridae . 5. It was formerly a large genus containing most of the 50 odd species in the family Paridae . 6. Sometimes, these birds are included as subfamily "'Remizinae "'in the tit family Paridae . 7. The species was once placed, along with the rest of its family, with the true tits, Paridae . 8. Like many other species in the Paridae family, black-capped chickadees commonly cache food, mostly seeds but sometimes insects also. 9. If the two current families are lumped into the Paridae , the tits would be a subfamily "'Parinae " '. 10. From 2003 onwards, osteological, mtDNA and nDNA sequence and other biochemical data has firmly allied it with the tits and chickadees ( Paridae ).