Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae)

Rio Negro Gnatcatcher (Polioptila facilis) - HBW 11, p. 374

French: Gobemoucheron du Rio Negro German: Rio-Negro-Mückenfänger Spanish: Perlita del Río Negro

Taxonomy: Polioptila guianensis facilis J. T. Zimmer, 1942, Solano, River Casiquiare, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Until recently treated as conspecific with P. guianensis and P. paraensis. All three, together with P. clementsi, form a group that is probably sister to P. schistaceigula. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Venezuela (S Amazonas) to N Brazil (N Amazonas), and probably E Colombia.