Subspecies P. a. albiloris
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Santa Rosa National Park, northwest of Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, 9 July 2023
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Santa Rosa National Park, northwest of Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, 9 July 2023
- Polioptila albiloris
Identification
11–12 cm (4¼-4¾ in)
Breeding Male
- Glossy black cap
- White lores and underparts
Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
Taxonomy
This species was previously included under Tropical Gnatcatcher.
Yucatan Gnatcatcher was recently split from White-lored Gnatcatcher
Subspecies
This is a polytypic species, consisting of two subspecies[1]:
- P. a. vanrossemi:
- Arid western and southern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero to southern Chiapas)
- P. a. albiloris:
- Interior of Guatemala to north-western Costa Rica
Habitat
Dry and semi-arid tropical scub, thorn forest, tropical deciduous woodland and secondary growth.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects and arthropods, including beetles, bugs, leaf hoppers, caterpillars and moths.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Dec 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-lored Gnatcatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-lored_Gnatcatcher
External Links
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