Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates

ShrublandCup nestTiny · 5 g

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 4 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 6 — Photo: (c) J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Cuban gnatcatcher is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 4.5 to 5 g (0.16 to 0.18 oz) and is among the smallest members of genus Polioptila. Like most members of the genus, the male is blue-gray above and white below. It has a unique black crescent behind the eye and ear coverts and a long black tail with white outer feathers. The female is similar but paler, and its facial crescent is thinner. The juvenile is olive-gray above and has buffy flanks, a creamy belly, and only a faint facial crescent. Voice: The Cuban gnatcatcher's song is "a sustained rambling, disorganized series of warbles, whistles and chattering notes" .

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When to see the Cuban Gnatcatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cuban Gnatcatcher

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cuba

About the Cuban Gnatcatcher

The Cuban gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae, the gnatcatchers. It is endemic to Cuba.

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Easily confused with

Slate-throated GnatcatcherPolioptila schistaceigulaThe slate-throated gnatcatcher is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 6 g (0.21 oz).

Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lacteaThe creamy-bellied gnatcatcher is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs approximately 7 g (0.25 oz).

Yucatan GnatcatcherPolioptila albiventrisThe Yucatan gnatcatcher is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long.

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