How To Use gnatcatcher In A Sentence
- Birds of concern include the brown pelican, lesser tern, osprey, black rail, clapper rail, California gnatcatcher and savannah sparrow. Southern California Coast (Bailey)
- The California gnatcatcher is currently being used as an umbrella species to protect the endemic flora and fauna of this region from urban development. California coastal sage and chaparral
- Sure, some birds have names that describe their activities, such as flycatcher, or gnatcatcher, or their general appearance, such as bluebird, or the place they tend to loiter, such as cowbird. Birding season: No grousing or sniping
- Owing to 1990s protections for the gnatcatcher, a threatened bird species native to Southern California, and many other kinds of development restrictions, other large areas have been set aside to protect what are ostensibly places to experience the inspiration of wild nature -- all this amid 20 million people. Man vs. Wild
- Take the case of the coastal California gnatcatcher, a diminutive, grayish blue songbird with a home range limited to coastal southern California and northwestern Baja California, Mexico.
- Titmice, chickadees, gnatcatchers, grackles, and swifts came and went.
- Titmice, chickadees, gnatcatchers, grackles, and swifts came and went.
- A commonly cited example of this controversy is the conservation effort based on the California gnatcatcher (a songbird). Umbrella species
- Existing laws offer only minimal protection; these include the Natural Communities Conservation Planning Program (NCCP) of 1991 that restricts destruction of some coastal sage scrub, and the Endangered Species Act listing of the California gnatcatcher, which created restrictions on destruction of habitat for extant birds. California coastal sage and chaparral
- Researchers found that areas where the gnatcatcher lived did not necessarily support populations of three insect species that share habitat with the bird. Umbrella species
