Birds of Guyana

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)   →
Genus: Polioptila (2 species, 18 worldwide)


Guianan Gnatcatcher
Guianan Gnatcatcher (Polioptila guianensis)
Manaus, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.
One of several split from the Tropical Gnatcatcher, but all very similar. Note all white undertail and broken eye ring. Found north of the Amazon river.

Tropical Gnatcatcher
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) Male
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Tropical Gnatcatcher
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) Female
Camarones, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba