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Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Description:

This gnatcatcher species measures 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) and weighs only 5–7 g (0.18–0.25 oz).[2][3] Adult males are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts and have a long slender bill, long black tail and an angry black unibrow. Females are less blue without the unibrow. Both sexes have a white eye ring.

Habitat:

Riverside

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1 Comment

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Wonderful little bird! :-)

Maria dB
Spotted by
Maria dB

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 18, 2013
Submitted on May 22, 2013

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