Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Polioptila melanura

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)

Code 4

BTGN

Code 6

POLMEL

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Black and blue-gray.
Throat Color: White washed with gray.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 10 cm (4 in)
Weight: 6 g (0.2 oz)
Size: 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
Color Primary: Black, Gray, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: White washed with gray.
Upperparts: Blue-gray back with gray-black wings.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Short flights usually within low vegetation. Tail often waving from side to side and/or cocked in the air.
Wingspan Range: 15 cm (6 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Black with slight white edging on outer web of outer tail feathers
Upper Tail: Black
Under Tail: Gray
Leg Color: Black

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