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Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
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About the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
The black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nonmigratory and found in arid desert areas year-round.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Polioptila melanura
- Family
- Gnatcatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the gnatcatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- White-browed Gnatcatcher Polioptila bilineata
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Yucatan Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiventris
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