Black-capped Gnatcatcher
Common
Name: Black-capped Gnatcatcher
(BCGN)
Scientific
Name:
Polioptila nigriceps
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
Nothing other than coverage under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Key
Reference(s):
There is no BNA available
Distribution:
Breeds from extreme s
Arizona
(
Nogales
area,
Santa
Rita
Mountains
, at least irregularly or formerly), s
Sonora
, and sw
Chihuahua
south through Sinaloa, w
Durango
, Nayarit, and Jalisco to Colima. Winters
throughout breeding range except for
Arizona
(AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Gallery
Forest
,
Tropical
Deciduous
Forest
, Arid Lowland Scrub (0 – 1200 m; tropical and lower Subtropical zones)
(AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: PIF Monitoring Needs
document (Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004); No research needs were found in the PIF Bird
Conservation Plans and there is no BNA.
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo1 (Essentially no data on
population trend); Mo4 (2/3 or more of Western Hemisphere breeding range
is south of the
U.S.
(PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct Mexican Breeding Bird Surveys (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct border (U.S.-Mexico) bird
surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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