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title: "Blue-gray Gnatcatcher"
description: "Polioptila caerulea — Birds. The blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small gnatcatcher native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-gray-gnatcatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

> Polioptila caerulea — Birds. The blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small gnatcatcher native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Polioptila caerulea*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 64963
- Wikidata: [Q883006](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q883006)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7493](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7493)

## Names

- en: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- de: Blaumückenfänger
- es: Perlita Azulgris
- fr: Gobemoucheron gris-bleu
- nl: Blauwgrijze muggenvanger
- pl: Siwuszka ciemnobrewa

## Countries with the most observations

US (42099), MX (13184), CA (1870), BZ (37), BS (34), GT (29), CU (28), HN (17), SV (7), TC (5)

## Summary

The blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small gnatcatcher native to North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-gray_gnatcatcher

## Photo

![Blue-gray Gnatcatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-gray-gnatcatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112233920

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-gray-gnatcatcher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).