Yucatan Gnatcatcher

Polioptila albiventris Lawrence, 1885

Yucatan Gnatcatcher, Polioptila albiventris, is a bird of the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, where it breeds in Middle America. It belongs to the family Polioptilidae and is confined to arid coastal scrub, low deciduous woodland and coastal mangroves. Most records come from within 50 km of the sea, and it is found up to about 200 m above sea level. It is a small gnatcatcher with a white outer tail, a narrow white eyebrow and, in breeding males, a black cap reaching to the middle of the eye.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers

Breeding range

Middle America: n Yucatán Pen. (se Mexico)