Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Perlita Grisilla

 

 

Audio (M. Oberle)

 
Photo: G. Beaton

 

Length: 10-12 cm.; weight: 5-7 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds from southern Canada to Guatemala and the Bahamas. Winters from the southern USA to Honduras and Cuba. Accidental migrant on other islands; may eventually be reported from Puerto Rico.

TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIIDAE; Polioptilinae

 
   
Photo: G. Beaton

 

Photo: G. Beaton

References

Ellion, W. G. 1992. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea). No. 23 in The birds of North America (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Spanish Text

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