Microbates

Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".

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)