Microbates
| Microbates | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Polioptilidae |
| Genus: | Microbates P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Microbates torquatus P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 | |
Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".
Behavior
Feeding
They usually prey upon small arthropods. Some species regularly and some often join mixed-species foraging flocks.
Vocalization
Microbates's song is "a series of soft, thin notes, peeee or eeeeea" or "a series of soft, clear, plaintive notes, teeeeea or teeeéuw"
Species
The genus Microbates contains the following two species:
| Image | Common name | Scientific name |
|---|---|---|
 | Tawny-faced gnatwren | Microbates cinereiventris |
 | Collared gnatwren | Microbates collaris |
References
- ↑ "Polioptilidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. 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].