Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPolioptilidae (Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens)
- GenusPolioptila (Gnatcatchers)
- SpeciesPolioptila melanura (Black-tailed Gnatcatcher)
Closest Relatives at Grand Canyon National Park
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Juniper Titmouse
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-tailed Gnatcatcher at Grand Canyon National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |