Family
Gnatcatchers
Polioptilidae
19 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The gnatcatchers are a family of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae. The 20 species occur in North and South America (except for the far south and the high Andean regions). Most species of this mainly tropical and subtropical group are resident, but the blue-grey gnatcatcher of the United States and southern Canada migrates south in winter.
Species in this family
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Yucatan Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiventris
- Inambari Gnatcatcher Polioptila attenboroughi
- White-browed Gnatcatcher Polioptila bilineata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
- Guianan Gnatcatcher Polioptila guianensis
- Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher Polioptila lactea
- Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- Klages's Gnatcatcher Polioptila paraensis
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula
- Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Chattering Gnatwren Ramphocaenus sticturus
Lookalikes compared
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher vs Black-capped Gnatcatcher
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher vs California Gnatcatcher
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher vs Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- California Gnatcatcher vs Black-capped Gnatcatcher
- Long-billed Gnatwren vs White-browed Gnatcatcher
- Long-billed Gnatwren vs White-lored Gnatcatcher
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren vs Long-billed Gnatwren
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren vs White-browed Gnatcatcher
- Tropical Gnatcatcher vs Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- White-browed Gnatcatcher vs Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- White-browed Gnatcatcher vs White-lored Gnatcatcher