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Tropical gnatcatcher

Polioptila plumbea (Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) is a species in the family Polioptilidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.1 g to 6.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
Photo: Feroze Omardeen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the tropical gnatcatcher

Weight
6.1 g – 6.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.45src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tropical gnatcatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the tropical gnatcatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of northern South America. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the white-browed gnatcatcher and the Marañón gnatcatcher.

From the Wikipedia article “Tropical gnatcatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropical_gnatcatcher&oldid=1357423452), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the tropical gnatcatcher endangered?

The tropical gnatcatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the tropical gnatcatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPolioptilidae
  6. genusPolioptila
  7. SpeciesPolioptila plumbea (Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Todus plumbeus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • agafamosquits tropicalCatalan
  • leskot tropickýCzech
  • gwybed-ddaliwr llwydWelsh
  • Blygrå SnerresmutteDanish
  • AmazonasmückenfängerGerman
  • Schwarzkappen-MückenfängerGerman
  • TropenmückenfängerGerman
  • tropika polioptiloEsperanto
  • Perlita tropicalSpanish
  • Curruca tropicalSpanish
  • sääskikerttuFinnish
  • Gobemoucheron tropicalFrench
  • sivoleđa mušičarkaCroatian
  • trópusi szúnyogkapóHungarian
  • Zanzariere tropicaleItalian
  • Pigliamoschini tropicaleItalian
  • カオジロブユムシクイJapanese
  • juodakepuris mašalinukasLithuanian
  • AmazonemuggenvangerDutch
  • krattmyggsmettNorwegian
  • siwuszka tropikalnaPolish
  • caça-mosquitos-tropicalPortuguese
  • balança-rabo-de-chapéu-pretoPortuguese
  • palança-rabo-de-chapéu-pretoPortuguese
  • Амазонская комароловкаRussian
  • Тропическая комароловкаRussian
  • Черношапочная комароловкаRussian
  • sivuška tropickáSlovak
  • Tropska komaricaSerbian
  • tropikmyggsnappareSwedish
  • blygrå myggsnappareSwedish
  • Tropikal BitkuşuTurkish
  • комароловка тропічнаUkrainian
  • 热带蚋莺Chinese
  • 熱帶蚋鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the tropical gnatcatcher

Other species in the same genus Polioptila.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the tropical gnatcatcher?

An adult tropical gnatcatcher weighs 6.1 g – 6.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tropical gnatcatcher endangered?

The tropical gnatcatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the tropical gnatcatcher?

The tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) belongs to the family Polioptilidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-gnatcatcher

MLA

“Tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-gnatcatcher.

BibTeX
@misc{tropical_gnatcatcher_2026,
  title = {Tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-gnatcatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}