Polioptila

Polioptila
California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Polioptilidae
Genus: Polioptila
Sclater, PL, 1855
Type species
Motacilla caerulea[1]
Linnaeus, 1766

Polioptila is a genus of small insectivorous birds in the family Polioptilidae. They are found in North and South America.

The genus Polioptila was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855. Although he listed several members, he did not specify a type species.[2] This was designated by the American ornithologist Spencer Baird in 1864 as Montacilla caerulea, Linnaeus, now the blue-grey gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea.[3][4] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words πολιος polios "grey" and πτιλον ptilon "plumage".[5]

The genus contains 16 species:[6]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
-Guianan gnatcatcherPolioptila guianensisGuiana Shield
Slate-throated gnatcatcherPolioptila schistaceigulaChocó–Magdalena
-Para gnatcatcherPolioptila paraensissouthern Amazonia
-Iquitos gnatcatcherPolioptila clementsiAllpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve (Peru)
Marañón gnatcatcherPolioptila maiorMarañón valley
Tropical gnatcatcherPolioptila plumbeaCentral and northern South America
Creamy-bellied gnatcatcherPolioptila lacteasouthern Atlantic Forest
Masked gnatcatcherPolioptila dumicolacentral/eastern South America
Cuban gnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyeicoastal Cuba
Yucatan gnatcatcherPolioptila albiventrisnorthern Yucatán Peninsula
White-browed gnatcatcherPolioptila bilineatasouthern Mexico to central Peru
Blue-grey gnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleacentral/southern North America
Black-tailed gnatcatcherPolioptila melanuradeserts of southwestern US and northern Mexico
California gnatcatcherPolioptila californicaBaja California peninsula
Black-capped gnatcatcherPolioptila nigricepswestern Mexico
White-lored gnatcatcherPolioptila albilorissouthwestern Mexico and Central America

References

  1. ↑ "Polioptilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ↑ Sclater, P.L. (1855). "On the genus Culicivora of Swainson, and its component species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23: 11–12.
  3. ↑ Baird, Spencer Fullerton (1864). Review of American birds, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Vol. Part 1, North and Middle America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 67.
  4. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 448.
  5. ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ↑ AviList Core Team. 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025


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