Polioptila lactea

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Polioptilidae/Polioptila

At a glance

Occurrence records2 473

Data sources6

Biological traits21

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Polioptila lactea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 473 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources21 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 473 records

01Narrative

The creamy-bellied gnatcatcher (Polioptila lactea) is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth2.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)12 mm

Beak length (nares)7.4 mm

Beak width2.4 mm

Body mass6.5 g

Hand-wing index11.4

Kipp's distance5.1 mm

Secondary length39.6 mm

Tail length44.8 mm

Tarsus length16 mm

Wing length44.8 mm

Diet & foraging6

Canopy33 %

Invertebrate100 %

Midhigh33 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory33 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size441 185 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 473 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 347

Museum / vouchered126

Origin

Native41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 420 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy34% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 7>10 km 29

44 georeferenced · 2 303 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 347

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy35% within 1 km

≤1 km 30≤10 km 48>10 km 7

85 georeferenced · 41 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence126

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Buenos Aires, AR	46
Los Angeles, US	35
New Haven, US	33
Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record	3
Philadelphia, US	2
Geneva, CH	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
Chicago, US	2
Berkeley, US	1

9 institutions · 126 of 126 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology11

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type2 473 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 9 geolocated

Record type2 473 records