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Long-billed Gnatwren
Ramphocaenus melanurus
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About the Long-billed Gnatwren
The trilling gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus), formerly long-billed gnatwren, is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It found from southeast Mexico south to Ecuador and Amazonia.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Ramphocaenus melanurus
- 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
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- White-browed Gnatcatcher Polioptila bilineata
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Yucatan Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiventris
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