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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens (Polioptillidae)
Code 4
BTGN
Code 6
POLMEL
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
All-purpose
Eye Color:
Dark brown.
Head pattern:
Capped, Eyering
Crown Color:
Black
Forehead Color:
Black
Nape Color:
Black and blue-gray.
Throat Color:
White washed with gray.
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
10 cm (4 in)
Weight:
6 g (0.2 oz)
Size:
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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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X