Collared Gnatwren (Microbates collaris)

Family
Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)

Size
10.50 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pelzeln, 1868)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 500 m, occasionally 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Collared Gnatwren (Microbates collaris) [XC525380]
by Cameron Rutt from PNN Chiribiquete, cunar\u00e9- Am\u00fa, Colombia (?)

Collared Gnatwren (Microbates collaris) [XC562667]
by Alexandre GRAVE from Porto Alegre camp -- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

paraguensis Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1946 - Eastern Venezuela (central Bol��var, extreme southern Monagas and southern Delta Amacuro) and Guyana.
collaris (Pelzeln, 1868) - Southern Venezuela (southern Bol��var) south to eastern Colombia (eastern Vaup�s) and northern Brazil (south to east-central Amazonas and northern Roraima).
torquatus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873 - Suriname and French Guiana south to northern Brazil (central Amap�).
perlatus Todd, 1927 - Extreme south-eastern Colombia (southern Amazonas), north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil (left bank of upper R Solim��es, in western Amazonas).
colombianus Parkes, 1980 - East of Andes, from southern Colombia (western Putumayo, western Caquet�) south to Ecuador (upper Putumayo drainage).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Collared Gnatwren (Microbates collaris) - 10 files

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