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Grey silky-flycatcher
Guadalajara, Mexico
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptiliogonatidae
Genus:	Ptiliogonys
Species:	P. cinereus
Binomial name
Ptiliogonys cinereus Swainson, 1827

The grey silky-flycatcher or grey silky flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus), is a species of bird in the family Ptiliogonatidae. It is usually found only in Guatemala and Mexico, but vagrants have turned up in the southern United States. It is found in montane forest and adjacent scrub, both mesic and xeric.

Description

This bird has a grayish body (cinereous), with a white chin and the middle part of its side tail feathers also white. The feathers under its tail are yellow, and its wings and tail are shiny black.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ptiliogonys cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708132A94150328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708132A94150328.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Taylor, Richard; Phillips, Richard (January 1827). The Philosophical magazine : or Annals of chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, natural history and general science. Vol. 1. London, England: Richard Taylor and Co. LCCN 99100513. OCLC 1713572.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Ptilogonys cinereus at Wikimedia Commons
• [REDACTED] Data related to Ptiliogonys cinereus at Wikispecies
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• Ptiliogonatidae
• Birds of Guatemala
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• Birds described in 1827
• Birds of the Sierra Madre Occidental
• Birds of the Sierra Madre Oriental
• Birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur
• Birds of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
• Taxa named by William Swainson
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