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Guianan Gnatcatcher
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Guianan Gnatcatcher
Polioptila guianensis
The Guianan gnatcatcher (Polioptila guianensis) is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in the canopy in the Amazon rainforest. This relatively plain gnatcatcher formerly included two subspecies that are now treated as separate species:
From the article Guianan gnatcatcher on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
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.
Range & habitat
The Guianan gnatcatcher is found in the Guianas and adjoining Brazil south to the Amazon River. Its range might also extend westward into eastern Venezuela. It inhabits the borders and canopy of humid primary forest, savanna forest, and dryland forest.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The Guianan gnatcatcher's diet has not been documented but is assumed to be arthropods like that of other Polioptila gnatcatchers. It actively forages as part of mixed-species flocks.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 979907.