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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

4 1/2 -5" (11-13 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Tiny, slender, long-tailed bird, blue-gray above and white below, with white eye ring and broad white borders on black tail. Looks like a miniature mockingbird.

Habitat:

Texas Sage in xeric portion of wildlife habitat yard.

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

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PublishedApril 15, 2014

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