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Polioptila
''Polioptila'' is a genus of small insectivorous birds in the family Polioptilidae. They are found in North and South America. The genus ''Polioptila'' was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855. Although he listed several members, he did not specify a type species. This was designated by the American ornithologist Spencer Baird in 1864 as ''Montacilla caerulea'', Linnaeus, now the blue-grey gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila caerulea''. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words ''πολιος'' ''polios'' "grey" and ''πτιλον'' "plumage". The genus contains 17 species: * Rio Negro gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila facilis'' – split from ''P. guianensis'' * Guianan gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila guianensis'' * Slate-throated gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila schistaceigula'' * Para gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila paraensis'' – split from ''P. guianensis'' * Iquitos gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila clementsi'' – described in 2005 * Inambari gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila attenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polioptila
''Polioptila'' is a genus of small insectivorous birds in the family Polioptilidae. They are found in North and South America. The genus ''Polioptila'' was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855. Although he listed several members, he did not specify a type species. This was designated by the American ornithologist Spencer Baird in 1864 as ''Montacilla caerulea'', Linnaeus, now the blue-grey gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila caerulea''. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words ''πολιος'' ''polios'' "grey" and ''πτιλον'' "plumage". The genus contains 17 species: * Rio Negro gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila facilis'' – split from ''P. guianensis'' * Guianan gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila guianensis'' * Slate-throated gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila schistaceigula'' * Para gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila paraensis'' – split from ''P. guianensis'' * Iquitos gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila clementsi'' – described in 2005 * Inambari gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila attenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Gnatcatcher
The California gnatcatcher (''Polioptila californica'') is a small long insectivorous bird which frequents dense coastal sage scrub growth. This species was recently split from the similar black-tailed gnatcatcher of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts. This bird is often solitary, but joins with other birds in winter flocks. Description The male California gnatcatcher is dusky gray overall, distinguished only by its black crown and thin black beak. It has a long, thin black tail with narrow white tips and edges on the underside of the tail feathers. However, the male loses its plumage colors by winter and obtains a plumage color similar to the females. The female is similar to the male, but with a blue-gray instead of a black crown. In its range from coastal Southern California south through Baja California and Baja California Sur, this inconspicuous non- migratory resident is most often seen flitting hastily into undergrowth, or heard giving its call, which sounds like a kitten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
The blue-gray gnatcatcher or blue-grey gnatcatcher (''Polioptila caerulea'') is a very small songbird native to North America. Description It is in length, 6.3 in (16 cm) in wingspan, and weighing only . Adult males are blue-gray on the upperparts with white underparts, slender dark bill, and a long black tail edged in white. Females are less blue, while juveniles are greenish-gray. Both sexes have a white eye ring. File:Blue-grayGnatcher-7DEC2017.jpg, alt=Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher gleaning a spider. Sacramento, California File:Blue-gray Gnatcatcher CA.jpg, Blue-gray gnatcatcher in Arastradero Preserve in Palo Alto, California Blue-gray gnatcatcher in PP (72343).jpg, Catching an insect in Prospect Park, Brooklyn Distribution and habitat The blue-gray gnatcatcher's breeding habitat includes open deciduous woods and shrublands in southern Ontario, the eastern and southwestern United States, and Mexico. Though gnatcatcher species are common and increasing in n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
The blue-gray gnatcatcher or blue-grey gnatcatcher (''Polioptila caerulea'') is a very small songbird native to North America. Description It is in length, 6.3 in (16 cm) in wingspan, and weighing only . Adult males are blue-gray on the upperparts with white underparts, slender dark bill, and a long black tail edged in white. Females are less blue, while juveniles are greenish-gray. Both sexes have a white eye ring. File:Blue-grayGnatcher-7DEC2017.jpg, alt=Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher gleaning a spider. Sacramento, California File:Blue-gray Gnatcatcher CA.jpg, Blue-gray gnatcatcher in Arastradero Preserve in Palo Alto, California Blue-gray gnatcatcher in PP (72343).jpg, Catching an insect in Prospect Park, Brooklyn Distribution and habitat The blue-gray gnatcatcher's breeding habitat includes open deciduous woods and shrublands in southern Ontario, the eastern and southwestern United States, and Mexico. Though gnatcatcher species are common and increasing in n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-browed Gnatcatcher
The white-browed gnatcatcher (''Polioptila bilineata'') is a species of bird in the gnatcatcher family Polioptilidae. It is native to central and South America. This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the tropical gnatcatcher (''Polioptila plumbea''). Taxonomy The white-browed gnatcatcher was formally described in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte and given the binomial name ''Sylvia bilineata''. Bonaparte specified the locality as Cartagena, a city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. This species was formerly considered as a subspecies of the tropical gnatcatcher (''Polioptila plumbea''). The white-browed gnatcatcher was split from the tropical gnatcatcher based on morphology and phylogenetic data. Five subspecies are recognised: * ''Polioptila bilineata brodkorbi'' Parkes Parkes may refer to: * Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896), Australian politician, one of the earliest and most prominent advocates for Australian federation Named fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Gnatcatcher
The tropical gnatcatcher (''Polioptila plumbea'') is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of the Neotropics. There are large geographical variations in its voice and plumage, resulting in some populations sometimes being considered separate species, notably the ''bilineata'' group as the white-browed gnatcatcher, and the taxon ''maior'' as the Marañón gnatcatcher. Taxonomy The tropical gnatcatcher was described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 and given the binomial name ''Todus plumbeus''. He specified the type locality as Suriname in South America. It is now placed in the genus ''Polioptila'' which was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855. Description The adult tropical gnatcatcher is long, and weighs . Its " jizz" is similar to that of other gnatcatchers; a small bird with a relatively long thin bill, a long frequently cocked tail, grey upperparts and whitish underparts. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iquitos Gnatcatcher
The Iquitos gnatcatcher (''Polioptila clementsi'') is a bird in the family Polioptilidae. It was first described in 2005. It is known only from the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, west of Iquitos, Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The Iquitos gnatcatcher is a member of the Guianan gnatcatcher (''Polioptila guianensis'') complex. It was accepted as a new species by the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC/AOS) in July 2006 and by other taxonomic bodies at about that time.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America: Recent Changes. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCRecentChanges.htm retrieved May 29, 2021 However, BirdLife International (BLI) recognizes it only as a subspecies of Guianan gnatcatcher. Its sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slate-throated Gnatcatcher
The slate-throated gnatcatcher (''Polioptila schistaceigula'') is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Taxonomy and systematics The slate-throated gnatcatcher is monotypic. It is apparently sister the Guianan gnatcatcher (''Polioptila guaianensis'') group and at one time it was suggested that they were conspecific.Atwood, J. L. and S. B. Lerman (2020). Slate-throated Gnatcatcher (''Polioptila schistaceigula''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sltgna1.01 retrieved May 29, 2021Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guianan Gnatcatcher
The Guianan gnatcatcher (''Polioptila guianensis'') is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The Guianan gnatcatcher is monotypic. Two former subspecies, Rio Negro gnatcatcher (''Polioptila facilis'') and Para gnatcatcher (''P. paraensis'', also called Klages's gnatcatcher) have been treated as separate species since mid-2019. The Inambari gnatcatcher (''P. attenboroughi'') and Iquitos gnatcatcher (''P. clementsi''), which were accepted as new species at about that time, are very closely related to it.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved May 24, 2021Atwood, J. L., S. B. Lerman, G. M. Kirwan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inambari Gnatcatcher
The Inambari gnatcatcher (''Polioptila attenboroughi'') is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy and systematics The Inambari gnatcatcher was described as a new species in 2013.Whittaker, A., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Smith, B.T. and Klicka, J. (2013). A distinctive new species of gnatcatcher in the ''Polioptila guianensis'' complex (Aves: Polioptilidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 301–305 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J. & Christie, D.A. eds. (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC/AOS), the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy accepted it as a distinct species beginning in mid-2019.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
The black-capped gnatcatcher (''Polioptila nigriceps'') is a small songbird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Taxonomy and systematics The black-capped gnatcatcher has at times been treated as conspecific with the white-lored gnatcatcher (''Polioptila albiloris''). Two subspecies are recognized, the nominate ''Polioptila nigriceps nigriceps'' and ''P. n. restricta''.Atwood, J. L. and S. B. Lerman (2020). Black-capped Gnatcatcher (''Polioptila nigriceps''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkcgna.01 retrieved 29 May 2021 Description The black-capped gnatcatcher is long and weighs . Adults are blue-gray on the upperparts with white underparts. They have a long slender bill and a long black tail with mostly white outer feathers. Males in alternate (breeding) plumage have a glossy bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masked Gnatcatcher
The masked gnatcatcher (''Polioptila dumicola'') is a small songbird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Taxonomy and systematics The masked gnatcatcher has three recognized subspecies, the nominate ''Polioptila dumicola dumicola'', ''P. d. saturata'', and ''P. d. berlepschi''. The last subspecies differs in both plumage and voice from the other two and may represent a separate species.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved May 24, 2021Atwood, J. L. and S. B. Lerman (2020). Masked Gnatcatcher (''Polioptila dumicola''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
