Microbates

Microbates
Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 "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:

ImageCommon nameScientific name
Tawny-faced gnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventris
Collared gnatwrenMicrobates collaris

References

  1. ↑ "Polioptilidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ↑ βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project: bátes, ‘one that treads or covers’.
  3. ↑ 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].