Black-capped Gnatcatcher (species: Polioptila nigriceps) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Polioptila nigriceps
Black-capped Gnatcatcher


©Tom Benson: Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps)

©Dominic Sherony: Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps)

©Don Faulkner: Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps restricta)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Polioptilidae
Genus Polioptila
Species Polioptila nigriceps
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Distinguishing features

Adults are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts, with a long slender bill and a long black tail with white outer tailbands on the uppertail. The undertail is extensively white, showing black only along a thin vertical center line and at the very tip. Males show a prominent black cap. (Wikipedia)

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Up to 16 cm

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