A little bird with a black mask, while females have a small black ear patch on a pale face.
The masked gnatcatcher (Polioptila dumicola) is a tiny but energetic songbird from South America.
It is, nevertheless, the biggest species from its type of genus Polioptila.
The male has a blue gray crown, nape, and upper body.
His flying feathers are blackish, with secondary feathers bordered with white.
His tail is dark, with white outside feathers.
He also wears a pretty noticeable black mask that extends from the base of his jaw, past his eyes, and back to the year coverts.
A faint white strike also orders the lower border of his mask.
His beak, legs, and feet are all black, and his eyes are a dark brown color.
The mature female resembles the male, but she lacks the black mask he wears.
She instead has a black border running from behind the eye to the back of the white ear-coverts.
Moreover, she has a white ring around her eyes as well.
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay are all home to this bird.
The cute bird likes a variety of habitats.
Including dry desert environments with prickly shrubs and cactus, woodland regions with savannas, and wide tropical savanna.
