How Big Is a Blue Gray Gnatcatcher?

The blue-gray gnatcatcher or blue-grey gnatcatcher is a very small songbird native to North America.

What size is a blue-gray gnatcatcher?

The blue-gray gnatcatcher is active, often foraging in trees or shrubs. Polytypic. Length 4.3". Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white).

What does a blue-gray gnatcatcher look like?

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are pale blue-gray birds with grayish-white underparts and a mostly black tail with white edges. The underside of the tail is mostly white. ... Blue-gray Gnatcatchers often take food from spiderwebs and also abscond with strands of webbing for their tiny nests, which are shaped like tree knots.

James H. Sterling

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