Microbates

Microbates
Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
Scientific classification
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

Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".^[2][3]

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)

References

1. "Polioptilidae". aviansystematics.org. The 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].