Microbates
| 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 |
Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".[1][2]
Behavior
Feeding
They usually prey upon small Arthropods. Some species regularly and some often join Mixed-species foraging flocks.
Breeding
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Vocalization
Microbatesses 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
- ^ 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].