What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Masked Gnatcatcher been recorded?

Polioptila dumicola occurrence evidence comes from 405 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

Masked Gnatcatcher
Masked Gnatcatcher — Photo (display-sized rendition): Cláudio Dias Timm from Rio Grande do Sul · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPolioptilidaePolioptila

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

405 records across 5 countries and territories, 1896–2026.

Polioptila dumicola · GBIF taxon key 2487593

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18962026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Masked Gnatcatcher has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Masked Gnatcatcher. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 173
Bolivia 78
Brazil 78
Uruguay 51
Paraguay 25

Related animals

Others in the family Polioptilidae.

Tropical Gnatcatcher
Tropical Gnatcatcher
1,541 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.