Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".[2][3]
| Microbates | |
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| Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Polioptilidae |
| Genus: | Microbates P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Microbates torquatus[1] P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873
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Behavior
editFeeding
editThey usually prey upon small arthropods. Some species regularly and some often join mixed-species foraging flocks.
Vocalization
editMicrobates's song is a "a series of soft, thin notes, peeee or eeeeea" or "a series of soft, clear, plaintive notes, teeeeea or teeeéuw"
Species
editIt contains the following species:
- Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
- Collared gnatwren (Microbates collaris)
References
edit- ^ "Polioptilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project: bátes, ‘one that treads or covers’.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. A & C Black. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4081-2878-7.
Gr. mikros small; batēs treader, walker [from bainō to tread].