Iquitos Gnatcatcher (Polioptila clementsi)

Family
Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Whitney & Alvarez Alonso, 2005

Habitat
Tall, humid varillal forest. Also, but rare in white-sand forest with a canopy height of 15-30 m. From sea-level - 150 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru (B).

Iquitos region (north-central Loreto), in Amazon Basin of north-eastern Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NR
Habitat destruction and degradation through clearance for agriculture (facilitated by government incentives to encourage colonisation of land surrounding Iquitos) and logging of forest within a national reserve, for construction, fuelwood and charcoal, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a high, loose trill, similar to Terenura antwrens, but with a different patter, 'see see see ti i i i i i i i i'. Can be distinguished from other gnatcatchers by "inverted chevron-shaped" introductory notes to its song, followed by a series of evenly spaced notes delivered at a faster pace.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Iquitos Gnatcatcher (Polioptila clementsi) [XC11939]
by David Beadle from Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, Loreto, Peru (song)

Iquitos Gnatcatcher (Polioptila clementsi) [XC163194]
by Juan D\u00edaz-Alv\u00e1n from Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, Loreto, Peru (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Part of a group that also contains Guianan Gnatcatcher (Polioptila guianensis), Rio Negro Gnatcatcher (Polioptila facilis) and Para Gnatcatcher (Polioptila paraensis), which is probably sister-group to Slate-throated Gnatcatcher (Polioptila schistaceigula).

References
See References.

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