Microbates
Genus of birds
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Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".[2][3]
| 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[1] P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 | |
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
It contains the following species:
- Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
- Collared gnatwren (Microbates collaris)