Microbates
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = RamphocaenusCinereiventrisWolf.jpg
| image_caption = Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
| taxon = Microbates
| authority = P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873
| type_species = Microbates torquatus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=176 |title= Polioptilidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}
| type_species_authority = P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873
}}
Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae.
Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".{{LSJ|ba%2Fths|βάτης|ref}}: bátes, ‘one that treads or covers’.{{cite book|last=Jobling|first=James A.|title=Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names|date=2010|publisher=A & C Black|isbn=978-1-4081-2878-7 |page=254|quote=Gr. mikros small; batēs treader, walker [from bainō to tread].}}
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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Category:Taxa named by Philip Sclater
Category:Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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