Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Spanish: Perlita azulgris
The blue-gray gnatcatcher or blue-grey gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small songbird, 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) in length and weighing only 5–7 g (0.18–0.25 oz). Adult males are blue-gray on the upperparts with white underparts, have a slender dark bill, and a long black tail edged in white. Females are less blue, while juveniles are greenish-gray. Both sexes have a white eye ring.
- 2025-10-13 — observation by adanml
- 2024-03-11 — observation by ted_goshulak
- 2024-01-12 — observation by elrayman210
- 2024-01-01 — observation by zihuadean
- 2023-02-06 — observation by zihuadean
- 2022-11-01 — observation by zihuadean
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Cite as: “Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/polioptila-caerulea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.