| Black-tailed gnatcatcher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Polioptilidae |
| Genus: | Polioptila |
| Species: | P. melanura
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| Binomial name | |
| Polioptila melanura Lawrence, 1857
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The black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nonmigratory and found in arid desert areas year-round.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Polioptila melanura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22711588A132099574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22711588A132099574.en.