Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)

Other Names (World)
Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Half-collared Gnatwren

Family
Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)

Size
10.20 - 10.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 750 m, occasionally 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) [XC276190]
by Kent Livezey from Orellana: Laguna A\u00f1angu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call)

Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) [XC439177]
by Kent Livezey from Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama (call)

Subspecies
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

semitorquatus (Lawrence, 1862) - Caribbean slope from Costa Rica to extreme north-western Colombia (Gulf of Urab�), and Pacific slope of central Panama (Panam� Province).
cinereiventris (Sclater, 1855) - From south-eastern Panama (Dari�n) southern along Pacific coast to south-western Ecuador.
albapiculus Olson, 1980 - Northern Colombia (northern Antioquia).
magdalenae Chapman, 1915 - Magdalena Valley, in northern Colombia (Bol��var, eastern Antioquia, northern Santander).
unicus Olson, 1980 - Cundinamarca, in west-central Colombia.
hormotus Olson, 1980 - East of Andes, from southern Colombia (south-eastern Nari�o, western Putumayo) south to Ecuador and northern Peru (northern Amazonas).
peruvianus Chapman, 1923 - Peru east of Andes (from Amazonas south, evidently discontinuously, to northern Puno), and western Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) - 10 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Tawny-faced Gnatwren see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Tawny-faced Gnatwren

If you would like to read any articles about the Tawny-faced Gnatwren...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Tawny-faced Gnatwren

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Tawny-faced Gnatwren or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (3)

No Videos of Tawny-faced Gnatwren

If Birdpedia has no videos of Tawny-faced Gnatwren or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)