Microbates
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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.
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
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