Black-capped Gnatcatcher

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Polioptilidae
Genus:	Polioptila
Species:	P. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The 15-20 species of small Passerine Birds in the gnatcatcher family occur in North and South America (except far south and high Andean UserPolbot. --> Polioptila is a genus of Bird in the Polioptilidae family nigriceps

Binomial name

Polioptila nigriceps
(Baird, 1864)

The Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Polioptila nigriceps, is a very small songbird. Spencer Fullerton Baird ( February 3, 1823 &ndash August 19, 1887) was an American ornithologist and Ichthyologist SongBird is a Dutch Record label owned by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink

Adults are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts, with a long slender bill and a long black tail with white outer tailbands on the uppertail. The undertail is extensively white, showing black only along a thin vertical center line and at the very tip. Males show a prominent black cap. This species is very similar to the California Gnatcatcher and the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. The California Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila californica) is a small 10 The Black-tailed Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila melanura) is a small insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the

Their breeding habitat occurs in riparian woodlands of western and northwestern Mexico. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. It has occasionally nested just across the border in southernmost Arizona, (the Madrean sky islands area), of the United States where it is infrequently found in the summer. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The Madrean Sky islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern Arizona The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They build a small cup nest most often in a horizontal limb of a small tree or shrub. Both parents construct the nest and feed the young. The female normally lays 4 eggs.

These birds are primarily non-migratory, remaining in breeding territories year round.

They forage actively in trees or shrubs, mainly eating insects. They may hover over foliage-(gleaning), or fly to catch insects in flight-(hawking). Gleaning, or gleaning insects, is a common feeding strategy for some groups of birds including most Flycatchers This behaviour can be contrasted with hawking Hawking, or hawking insects, is the primary feeding strategy for some birds including most typical Nightjars and some Old World flycatchers Monarch

References

BirdLife International (2004). Polioptila nigriceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

Black-capped Gnatcatcher photo gallery VIREO