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The Guianan gnatcatcher is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 5 to 7 g (0.18 to 0.25 oz). The male's head, back, and breast are bluish gray. It has a broken white eye ring. The innermost feathers of its tail are black and the two outermost white. Its throat and belly are white. The female is similar but a paler gray and has a white supercilium. Voice: The Guianan gnatcatcher's song is "fairly simple...repeated high notes" .
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When to see the Guianan Gnatcatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Guianan Gnatcatcher
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
About the Guianan Gnatcatcher
The Guianan gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Maranon GnatcatcherPolioptila maiorThe Marañón gnatcatcher is a small active insectivorous songbird, that is found in the upper valleys of the Marañón River in northwest Peru.
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