Microbates | |
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Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Polioptilidae |
Genus: | Microbates P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
Microbates is a genus of bird in the Polioptilidae family. Its name means ‘small creeper, walker’.[1][2]
It contains the following species:
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
- Collared Gnatwren (Microbates collaris)
References[]
- ^ 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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