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Slate-throated Gnatcatcher
Polioptila schistaceigula Hartert, EJO, 1898
Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers
Slate-throated Gnatcatcher, Polioptila schistaceigula, is a bird of Middle America and north-western South America, breeding from Panama through western Colombia to Ecuador. It belongs to the gnatcatcher family, Polioptilidae, and was described by Hartert in 1898. It is a monotypic species. Its crown, face sides and upperparts are slate grey, with a darker back, while the cheeks are whitish and the throat and breast are sooty. The belly and flanks are white, and the tail is mainly black with white on the outer feathers. The sexes look alike.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama to Ecuador
