Gray-throated Chat - BirdForum Opus

Photo by rb_stern
Tikal, Guatemala, February 2009

Granatellus sallaei

Identification

13 cm

• Grey head and neck
• White supercilium

Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• G. s. sallaei:

• Coastal south-eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, eastern Oaxaca and northern Chiapas)

• G. s. boucardi:

• South-eastern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) to Belize and eastern Guatemala

Habitat

Undergrowth of tropical dry forest; Woodland fringes.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Gray-throated Chat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-throated_Chat

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