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Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris) PNYC - EL Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Aug 29, 2020 Geotagged,Microbates cinereiventris,Peru,Tawny-faced gnatwren,Winter Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Tawny-faced gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)

PNYC - EL Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Aug 29, 2020

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    A delightful little ball of feathers, who would always mob me when I passed by. They sort of look like wrens with an oversized bill, and they certainly behave like wrens, hopping about in the undergrowth with their short tail cocked, but they actually are more closely related to the gnatcatchers, who temselves behave more like warblers! Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
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      Very beautiful little bird! Posted 4 years ago
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      So until this week I had never heard of birds with "gnat" in the name and now there's gnatwrens, gnateaters and gnatcatchers. Posted 4 years ago
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        Haha that's anglophone ornithologists for you! They ran out of old world bird names to stick after "ant", so they switched to "gnat"! Posted 4 years ago
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          Really? That's hilarious :) Posted 4 years ago
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            Haha no I was being silly, just making fun of the very unimaginative English common names. Posted 4 years ago
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              https://twitter.com/PoorMatty/status/1305625881659011072 Posted 4 years ago
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                Ahahahah so true! Posted 4 years ago
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    Magic again! Posted 4 years ago

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The Tawny-faced gnatwren

The tawny-faced gnatwren or half-collared gnatwren is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
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Uploaded Sep 12, 2020. Captured Aug 29, 2020 15:22 in Palcazu, 19320, Peru.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/8.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO10000
  • 520mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.