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1 Behavior  



1.1  Feeding  





1.2  Vocalization  







2 Species  





3 References  














Microbates






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Microbates
Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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Feeding

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They usually prey upon small arthropods. Some species regularly and some often join mixed-species foraging flocks.

Vocalization

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Microbates's song is a "a series of soft, thin notes, peeeeoreeeeea" or "a series of soft, clear, plaintive notes, teeeeeaorteeeéuw"

Species

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It contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ "Polioptilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  • ^ 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].

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