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

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)

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