Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
(L 4.5" WS 6" WT 0.21 OZ )
Tiny bird with long black tail, no
wing bars and white eye-ring.
wing bars and white eye-ring.
Thatcher Woods
River Forest
27April2009
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
10May2009
juvenile with
brownish wings
brownish wings
McKinely Forest Preserve
Channahon
27April2009
Columbus Park, Chicago
14Apr2013
Polioptila in Greek means grey
feather; caerulea in Latin
means steel blue.
feather; caerulea in Latin
means steel blue.
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