| Guianan Gnatcatcher | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Polioptilidae |
| Genus: | Polioptila |
| Species: | P. guianensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polioptila guianensis Todd, 1920 |
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The Guianan Gnatcatcher (Polioptila guianensis) is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family. It is found in the canopy in the Amazon Rainforest. This relatively plain gnatcatcher includes three subspecies, each sometimes considered a species:
Additionally, the highly threatened Iquitos Gnatcatcher is associated with this group, though all major authorities recognized it as a separate species.