Slate-throated Gnatcatcher (Polioptila schistaceigula) | Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestTiny · 6 g

What the Slate-throated Gnatcatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Slate-throated Gnatcatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Oliver Komar · Song · Darién Province, between Cana lower and upper camps., Panama · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The slate-throated gnatcatcher is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 6 g (0.21 oz). Its crown, the sides of the head, and the upperparts are slate gray, darker on the back. Its cheeks are whitish, its throat and breast sooty, and its belly and flanks white. Its tail is mostly black with some white on the outermost feathers. The sexes are alike. Voice: The slate-throated gnatcatcher's most frequent vocalization is "a short, rather faint, ascending trill, 'trrrrrrt'" . It also has a nasal mewing call .

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When to see the Slate-throated Gnatcatcher

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Slate-throated Gnatcatcher

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia Panama

About the Slate-throated Gnatcatcher

The slate-throated gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

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Easily confused with

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).

Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyeiThe 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. Para GnatcatcherPolioptila paraensisThe Para gnatcatcher is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 6 g (0.21 oz).

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