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
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Microbates is a bird genus in the family Polioptilidae. Its name means "small creeper" or "walker".[2][3]
Gr. mikros small; batēs treader, walker [from bainō to tread].