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Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
Least ConcernThe Black-tailed Gnatcatcher is a tiny active gnatcatcher or gnatwren that gleans small insects from foliage and brush in southwestern North America. It is generally resident, using local habitat year-round while shifting within its range as food and cover change. Fun fact: this batch connects several unusual songbird lineages, from cliff-nesting rockfowl to wetland donacobius and oxpeckers that forage on large mammals.
- Family
- Polioptilidae
- Group
- Gnatcatchers
- Range
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Range — Resident range in southwestern North America
- Population
- ≈ Unknown