Ptilogonys cinereus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Ptilogonatidae/Ptilogonys

At a glance

Occurrence records182

Data sources5

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Ptilogonys cinereus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility182 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF182 records

01Narrative

The grey silky-flycatcher or grey silky (Ptiliogonys cinereus), is a species of bird in the family Ptiliogonatidae. It is usually found only in Guatemala and Mexico, but vagrants have turned up in the southern United States. It is found in montane forest and adjacent scrub, both mesic and xeric.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONETAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth4.2 mm

Beak length (culmen)14.6 mm

Beak length (nares)6.7 mm

Beak width4.4 mm

Body mass33.6 g

Hand-wing index24

Kipp's distance22.2 mm

Secondary length70.5 mm

Tail length98.2 mm

Tarsus length16.7 mm

Wing length92.6 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Fledging age21.5 days

Incubation16.5 days

Litter size2

Diet & foraging6

Fruit50 %

Invertebrate50 %

Midhigh50 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory50 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size524 062 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type182 records

Wild obs. + sensor10

Museum / vouchered112

Other60

Origin

Native47

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO364 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 3

10 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor10

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 accuracy22% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 4>10 km 3

9 georeferenced · 103 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence112

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 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	47
US	31
	16
Mongolian Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	3
Sistema de Colecciones Biológicas, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala location not on record	2
Cambridge, US	2
Vancouver, CA	2
CASlocation not on record	2
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record	2
Chicago, US	2
Denver, US	1
Zografou, GR	1

12 institutions · 111 of 112 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code