Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Gnatcatchers :: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cincinnati Nature Center, Clermont County, Ohio, USA - May 2, 2005 © William Hull  Cincinnati Nature Center, Clermont County, Ohio, USA - May 5, 2005 © William Hull  Cincinnati Nature Center, Clermont County, Ohio, USA - May 5, 2005 © William Hull  Spring Grove Cemetary, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jun 22, 2005 © William Hull  Spring Grove Cemetary, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jun 22, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

W. and e. United States, ex. sc. Canada s. to c. Central America, and n. West Indies;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) W. United States (s. Oregon, s. Idaho, sw. Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska), nw. Mexico and n. Baja s. to ca. 30ºN and s. to se. Coahuila, and w. Zacatecas).
Non-breeding birds occur in sw. United States from cw. California, w. and c. Arizona, s. New Mexico, w. Texas, and Mexico s. to Jalisco, and San Luis Potosi.
(2) Sc. Canada (ex. s. Ontario and sw. Quebec), c. and e. United States (se. South Dakota, e. Nebraska, w. Iowa, se. Minnesota, s. Wisconsin, s. Michigan, c. New York, c. Vermont, c. New Hampshire and s. Maine s. to c. Kansas, c. Texas, Gulf Coast states, s. Florida) to Mexico s. from c. and sc. Sinaloa, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and the West Indies, Greater Antilles (Cuba)(?).
(3) S. Baja and perhaps w. mainland Mexico (se. Sonora).
(4) E. Mexico from se. Coahuila, and sw. Nuevo Leon s. on e. high plateau to ne. San Luis Potosi, and possibly to s. Hidalgo.
(5) E. and s. Mexico from wc. Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas s. to e. San Luis Potosi and possibly also Tlaxcala and Puebla, Yucatan and Belize s. to Isthmus of Tehuantepec and n. and w. Chiapas.
Non-breeding birds winter in s. Mexico (Morelos, c. and n. Michoacan, and from s. Guerrero) e. in Pacific lowlands of Guatemala.
(6) Sc. Mexico from n. Hidalgo and Michoacan s. in semi-arid highlands to nw. Guatemala.
(7) Sw. and s. Mexico (Oaxaca and s. Chiapas?) and Guatemala(?).
(8) Cozumel Is.
Winters s. to Honduras
(9) Bahamas (Little Abaco, Great Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Inagua s. to Turk Is.).

Videos

Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene/Warren County, Ohio, USA - Apr 23, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is hopping and flying from branch to branch.

Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene/Warren County, Ohio, USA - Apr 23, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is hopping and flying from branch to branch.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Florida Museum of Natural History
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Burnet Woods, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 8, 2002 Source: William Hull
Burnet Woods, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 8, 2002 Source: William Hull

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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