Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,017
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nonmigratory and found in arid desert areas year-round.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-tailed gnatcatcher”.