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Birdsong field guide

Inambari Gnatcatcher

Polioptila attenboroughi

A small, active passerine recently described as a distinct species, primarily inhabiting the high canopy of south-central Amazonian terra firme forests.

What it sounds like

A high-pitched, thin series of rapid, descending whistles, typically described as a 'sree-sree-sree-sree' sequence.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Guilherme Melo · BrazilCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Named in 2013 to honor the legendary British naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.
Was previously considered a population of the Guianan Gnatcatcher before taxonomic revision based on vocal and morphological differences.
Distinguished from its congeners by a slightly longer bill and darker grey plumage on the upperparts.
Exclusively arboreal, it spends its life foraging for insects in the uppermost forest crown, rarely descending below the canopy.
Frequently joins mixed-species foraging flocks, often associating with tanagers and other canopy-dwelling insectivores.

Habitat

Primary lowland terra firme forest canopy.

Range

South-central Amazonian Brazil, restricted to the interfluve between the Purus and Madeira rivers.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Black-capped GnatcatcherPolioptila nigriceps Black-tailed GnatcatcherPolioptila melanura Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyei Guianan GnatcatcherPolioptila guianensis Iquitos GnatcatcherPolioptila clementsi

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