Species of bird
The white-browed gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata species of bird in the gnatcatcher family Polioptilidae . It is native to central and South America.
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea ).
Taxonomy
The white-browed gnatcatcher was formally described in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte and given the binomial name Sylvia bilineata . Bonaparte specified the locality as Cartagena , a city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia .[ 1] [ 2] subspecies of the tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea ). The white-browed gnatcatcher was split from the tropical gnatcatcher based on morphology and phylogenetic data.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Five subspecies are recognised:[ 4]
Polioptila bilineata brodkorbi Parkes , 1979 – south Mexico to north Costa RicaPolioptila bilineata superciliaris Lawrence , 1861 – north-central Costa Rica to north ColombiaPolioptila bilineata cinericia Wetmore , 1957 – Coiba (island off south Panama)Polioptila bilineata bilineata (Bonaparte , 1850) – northwest Colombia to northwest PeruPolioptila bilineata daguae Chapman , 1915 – west-central Colombia
References
^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium ^ Mayr, Ernst ; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World ^ Smith, B.T.; Bryson, R.W. Jr; Mauck, W.M.; Chaves, J.; Robbins, M.B.; Aleixo, A.; Klicka, J. (2018). "Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae)" (PDF) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 126 : 45– 57. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.012 . ^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2021). "Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, Elachura, hyliotas, wrens, gnatcatchers" . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ Chesser, R.T.; Billerman, S.M.; Burns, K.J.; Cicero, C.; Dunn, J.L.; Hernández-Baños, B.E.; Kratter, A.W.; Lovette, I.J.; Mason, N.A.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Remsen, J.V.J.; Stotz, D.F.; Winker, K. (2021). "Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds" . Ornithology (ukab037). doi :10.1093/ornithology/ukab037
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