---
title: "Long-billed Gnatwren"
description: "Ramphocaenus melanurus — Uccelli. The trilling gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus), formerly long-billed gnatwren, is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/long-billed-gnatwren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-billed Gnatwren

> Ramphocaenus melanurus — Uccelli. The trilling gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus), formerly long-billed gnatwren, is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Ramphocaenus melanurus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 846
- iNaturalist taxon: [979934](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979934)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Gnatwren
- de: Schwarzschwanzdegenschnäbler
- es: Saltón Picudo
- fr: Microbate à long bec

## Countries with the most observations

BR (141), MX (131), CR (119), PA (89), HN (30), VE (28), CO (24), BZ (21), TT (18), GT (13), GF (9), NI (9)

## Summary

The trilling gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus), formerly long-billed gnatwren, is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It found from southeast Mexico south to Ecuador and Amazonia.

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

## Photo

![Long-billed Gnatwren](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-gnatwren/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192754565

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-billed-gnatwren?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).