Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae)
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) - HBW 11, p. 369
French: Microbate cendré
German: Graubauch-Degenschnäbler
Spanish: Soterillo Caricastaño
Other common names: Half-collared Gnatwren
Taxonomy: Ramphocaenus cinereiventris P. L. Sclater, 1855, Buenaventura, Colombia.
Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- semitorquatus (Lawrence, 1862) - Caribbean slope from Costa Rica to extreme NW Colombia (Gulf of Urabá), and Pacific slope of C Panama (Panamá Province).
- cinereiventris (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - from SE Panama (Darién) S along Pacific coast to SW Ecuador.
- albapiculus Olson, 1980 - N Colombia (N Antioquia).
- semitorquatus (Lawrence, 1862) - Caribbean slope from Costa Rica to extreme NW Colombia (Gulf of Urabá), and Pacific slope of C Panama (Panamá Province).
- cinereiventris (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - from SE Panama (Darién) S along Pacific coast to SW Ecuador.
- albapiculus Olson, 1980 - N Colombia (N Antioquia).
- magdalenae Chapman, 1915 - Magdalena Valley, in N Colombia (Bolívar, E Antioquia, N Santander).
- unicus Olson, 1980 - Cundinamarca, in WC Colombia.
- hormotus Olson, 1980 - E of Andes, from S Colombia (SE Nariño, W Putumayo) S to Ecuador and N Peru (N Amazonas).
- peruvianus Chapman, 1923 - Peru E of Andes (from Amazonas S, evidently discontinuously, to N Puno), and W Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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capture, mist nets session and ringing Locality El Pangan Bird Reserve, Nariño Department, Colombia (ssp cinereiventris)
David Caro 1 June 2005 1 year ago 21 sec 3
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Chattering calls given by a bird in dense forest understory. Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp cinereiventris)
Scott Olmstead 18 July 2008 2 years ago 0
