Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

• Scientific Name: Polioptila Caerulea
• Common Name: Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
• Diet: insects, spiders
• Color: gray
• Size: 4.5 inches
• Active Period: Winter
• Habitat: widespread
• Field Identification: long tail, mostly white below, white eye ring, hyperactive
• Nest: tiny cup
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Polioptila
• Family: Sylviidae (gnatcatchers)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: caerulea