Tropical Gnatcatcher
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Tropical Gnatcatcher

Polioptila plumbea

Overview

Osa Peninsula, Corcovado and Arenal are among the six atlas places where the Tropical Gnatcatcher is recorded, with records gathering most thickly in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. The atlas holds about 140,000 open records of this bird from 15 countries, and the map follows where they concentrate. Because it is recorded in both hemispheres, seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
140,074
Countries
15
Atlas places
6
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Tropical Gnatcatcher as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · high confidence · 46290 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · high confidence · 24837 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 19254 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Venezuela
    25 km zone · high confidence · 14207 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · high confidence · 12876 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Peru
    25 km zone · high confidence · 8825 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Belize
    25 km zone · high confidence · 6135 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3885 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guatemala
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1920 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Honduras
    25 km zone · high confidence · 935 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Tropical Gnatcatcher