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title: "Siwuszka czarnosterna"
description: "Polioptila melanura — Ptaki. The black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/black-tailed-gnatcatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Siwuszka czarnosterna

> Polioptila melanura — Ptaki. The black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Polioptila melanura*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 5161
- Wikidata: [Q901899](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901899)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7498](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7498)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- de: Schwarzschwanzmückenfänger
- es: Perlita del desierto
- fr: Gobemoucheron à queue noire
- nl: Zwartstaartmuggenvanger
- pl: Siwuszka czarnosterna

## Countries with the most observations

US (3451), MX (826)

## Summary

The black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) 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.

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

## Photo

![Siwuszka czarnosterna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-gnatcatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andy Kleinhesselink · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139987880

## Machine access

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