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Birdsong field guide

Iquitos Gnatcatcher

Polioptila clementsi

A critically endangered passerine endemic to rare white-sand forests in the Peruvian Amazon, characterized by its extremely restricted range and recent discovery.

What it sounds like

A thin, high-pitched, and rapidly accelerating series of 'tsit' notes forming a delicate trill.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Juan Díaz-Alván · PeruCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Formally described as a new species in 2005 after being first discovered in 1997.
The species name honors James Clements, the author of the 'Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'.
It is an extreme habitat specialist, restricted entirely to 'varillal' forests growing on nutrient-poor white-sand soils.
The total global population is estimated at fewer than 100 individuals, making it one of the world's rarest birds.
It primarily forages in the high canopy and is frequently observed as a member of mixed-species insectivorous flocks.

Habitat

Stunted, nutrient-poor white-sand (varillal) forest canopy.

Range

Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, Loreto Department, Peru.

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 Inambari GnatcatcherPolioptila attenboroughi

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