Grey silky-flycatcher

Grey silky-flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptiliogonatidae
Genus:	Ptiliogonys
Species:	P. cinereus
Binomial name
Ptiliogonys cinereus Swainson, 1827

P. c. molybdophanes, Guatemala

The grey silky-flycatcher or grey silky flycatcher (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.

Description

This bird has a grayish body (cinereous), with a white chin and the middle part of its side tail feathers also white. The feathers under its tail are yellow, and its wings and tail are shiny black. ^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ptiliogonys cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22708132A94150328. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708132A94150328.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Taylor, Richard; Phillips, Richard (January 1827). The Philosophical magazine : or Annals of chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, natural history and general science. Vol. 1. London, England: Richard Taylor and Co. LCCN   99100513. OCLC   1713572.

External links

• Media related to Ptilogonys cinereus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ptiliogonys cinereus at Wikispecies
• Image at ADW