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Rio Negro gnatcatcher

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The Rio Negro gnatcatcher is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 6 to 7 g (0.21 to 0.25 oz). The male's head, breast, and back are bluish gray and its belly white with minimal contrast between the two colors. The innermost feathers of its tail are black and the outermost
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society.
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has not assessed the Rio Negro gnatcatcher. "The species’ ecoregion of primary occurrence... not considered to be at any serious risk".
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state in Brazil and the immediately adjacent parts of southern Venezuela and eastern Colombia. Much of its range is drained by the
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Atwood, J. L., S. B. Lerman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Rio Negro Gnatcatcher (
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white, with those between intergrading. The female is similar but paler.
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The Rio Negro gnatcatcher's diet is little known but is assumed to be
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The Rio Negro gnatcatcher's song is repeated high notes
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gnatcatchers. It actively forages, usually as part of
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Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021).
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https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Polioptilidae
Polioptila
Binomial name
Zimmer, JT

species
Polioptilidae
Brazil
monotypic
subspecies
Guianan gnatcatcher
Amazonas
Rio Negro
blackwater
Amazon River
primary forest
arthropods
mixed-species flocks
phenology

IUCN
"IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)"
"A new species of gnatcatcher from white-sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru with revision of the Polioptila guianensis complex"

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