Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
(L 4.5" WS 6" WT 0.21 OZ )
Mixes snippets of other birds’
repertoires...nicknamed the
“Little Mockingbird”.
repertoires...nicknamed the
“Little Mockingbird”.
Columbus Park
Chicago
Polioptila in Greek means
grey feather; caerulea in
Latin means steel blue.
grey feather; caerulea in
Latin means steel blue.
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
10May2009
juvenile with
brownish wings
brownish wings
14Apr2013
08May2016
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