Record of Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola (Aves: Muscicapidae, Sylviinae) in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

Abstract

A male-female pair of Masked Gnatcatcher, Polioptila dumicola (Aves: Muscicapidae, Sylviinae) were observed for the first time in Santa Catarina state (Brazil) on 11/06/200, near the banks of the Chapecó River, between the municipalities of Ipuaçu and São Domingos in the west of Santa Catarina state (26º37’38”S and 52º31’52”W). Although it had been quoted in the literature of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay, and also in literature of the Brazilian states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul, this was the first record of the species in the state of Santa Catarina.

Keywords

• Aves
• Muscicapidae
• Polioptila dumicola
• occurrence
• Santa Catarina
• Brazil