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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".[2][3]
Microbates | |
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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 |
They usually prey upon small arthropods. Some species regularly and some often join mixed-species foraging flocks.
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"
It contains the following species:
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