---
title: "Amazonemuggenvanger"
description: "Polioptila plumbea — Vogels. The tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of northern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tropical-gnatcatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amazonemuggenvanger

> Polioptila plumbea — Vogels. The tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of northern South America.

- Scientific name: *Polioptila plumbea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1284
- Wikidata: [Q773487](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q773487)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7508](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7508)

## Names

- en: Tropical Gnatcatcher
- de: Amazonasmückenfänger
- es: Perlita tropical
- fr: Gobemoucheron tropical
- nl: Amazonemuggenvanger
- pt: Balança-rabo-de-chapéu-preto
- pl: Siwuszka tropikalna

## Countries with the most observations

BR (667), CO (319), VE (69), GF (35), GY (21), SR (7), EC (6), PE (3)

## Summary

The tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of northern South America. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the white-browed gnatcatcher and the Marañón gnatcatcher.

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

## Photo

![Amazonemuggenvanger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-gnatcatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255664693

## Machine access

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