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Black-tailed Gnatcatcher bird or Polioptila melanura Non-breeding birds lack the black cap.<br /> Looks like it is getting ready to eat a green treehopper on the plant stem and not a gnat. Black-tailed gnatcatcher,Geotagged,Polioptila melanura,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher bird or Polioptila melanura

Non-breeding birds lack the black cap.
Looks like it is getting ready to eat a green treehopper on the plant stem and not a gnat.

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The Black-tailed gnatcatcher

The black-tailed gnatcatcher is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nonmigratory and found in arid desert areas year-round.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by William Bodine
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Uploaded Apr 4, 2024. Captured Apr 4, 2024 13:16 in Arizona Fish And Game Community Fishing Pond (Water Ranch Lake), Riparian Preserve Trail, Gilbert, AZ 85234, USA.
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  • Canon EOS R5
  • f/6.3
  • 1/1328s
  • ISO200
  • 600mm