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California Gnatcatcher
Polioptila californica
Least ConcernThe California Gnatcatcher is a tiny active gnatcatcher or gnatwren that gleans small insects from foliage and brush in coastal California and Baja California. 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
- California Gnatcatcher Range — Resident range in coastal California and Baja California
- Population
- ≈ Unknown