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Black-tailed gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G5
State (S-rank): S2
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Species range
Previous Rating: AB- "This species reaches the northern limit of its range in extreme southwestern Utah where it occurs as a nesting species only in the Beaver Dam Wash, extreme southwestern Washington County (White et al. 1983, Behle et al. 1985). Nesting was first documented in Utah, in Beaver Dam Wash, in 1984 (Behle et al. 1985).
Behle et al. (1985) rejected the reports by Cook (1984) of this species in northeastern Utah."
Habitat
White et al. (1963) discussed three pairs of gnatcatchers of this species in the Beaver Dam Wash; only for the last pair did these authors make any mention of habitat: the pair having been "in joshua tree habitat".
