White-lored Gnatcatcher (Polioptila albiloris)

Family
Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater & Salvin, 1860

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

White-lored Gnatcatcher (Polioptila albiloris) [XC381571]
by Hans Matheve from canyon del sabino Santa Mar\u00eda Tecomavaca, Santa Mar\u00eda Tecomavaca, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

White-lored Gnatcatcher (Polioptila albiloris) [XC308475]
by Albert Lastukhin from El Rosario, Chinandega, Nicaragua (call)

Subspecies
Has in the past been treated as conspecific with Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps). Birds of nominate subspecies in arid thorn-scrub of Motagua Valley, in central Guatemala, appear to be ecologically isolated from putative conspecifics. Furher studt is required of distribution in region between 89�-90� west and 15�-14� north. Distribution in Honduras from vicinity of Cantarranas northern towards Aguan Valley similarly uncertain and it has been suggested that this population is disjunct.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

vanrossemi Brodkorb, 1944 - Southern Mexico (northern Guerrero and northern Oaxaca south to central and southern Chiapas).
albiventris Lawrence, 1885 - Coast of north-western and central-northern Yucat�n, in eastern Mexico.
albiloris Sclater & Salvin, 1860 - Arid valleys of central Guatemala, interior Honduras and El Salvador southern in Pacific lowlands to north-western Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-lored Gnatcatcher (Polioptila albiloris) - 10 files

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