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.

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) [XC445194]
by Jerome Fischer from Anchicay\u00e1 Nature Camp, Colombia (song)

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

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