Tropical Gnatcatcher

Polioptila plumbea

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Polioptilidae
Genus
Polioptila

Vocalizations

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Subspecies (6)

  • Polioptila plumbea anteocularis

    northern Colombia (upper Magdalena Valley)

  • Polioptila plumbea atricapilla

    northeastern Brazil (Maranhão to Piauí, Ceará, Pernambuco, and Bahia)

  • Polioptila plumbea innotata

    far eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and far northern Brazil (southward to northeastern Roraima, western Pará, northern Tocantins, and north-central Goiás)

  • Polioptila plumbea parvirostris

    western Amazonia, from southern Colombia southward to southeastern Peru (Madre de Dios) and eastward to adjacent Brazil (Acre and western Amazonas)

  • Polioptila plumbea plumbea

    the Guianas and northeastern Brazil (Río Tapajós to eastern and northwestern Maranhão)

  • Polioptila plumbea plumbiceps

    east slope of Andes of northern Colombia to northern Venezuela including Isla Margarita

Data Sources

AviList 2025 Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.