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Tawny-faced Gnatwren

Microbates cinereiventris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 12 g
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 1
Photo: Cole Wolf · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 2
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 3
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 4
Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 5
Photo: Francisco Sánchez Karste · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 6
Photo: Francisco Sánchez Karste · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 7
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 8
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 9
Photo: Francisco Sánchez Karste · CC BY 4.0
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris), photo 10
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0

What the Tawny-faced Gnatwren sounds like

Sonogram of the Tawny-faced Gnatwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, chatter · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Tawny-faced Gnatwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Chatter · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Tawny-faced Gnatwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Alarm call · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The tawny-faced gnatwren is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 10 to 14 g (0.35 to 0.49 oz). The nominate subspecies has a rusty face with a rufous crown and a thin black stripe behind the eye. A wide black malar stripe ("moustache") separates its face from the white throat and upper breast; the last has thin black stripes. Its back is brown and its underparts are gray. The sexes are alike. The other subspecies differ in the intensity of their cheek and underparts colors, and some do not have the black stripe behind the eye. Voice: The tawny-faced gnatwren's song is "a series of soft, clear, plaintive notes, 'teeeeea' or 'teeeéuw'" . Its most common call is "a nasal, complaining 'nyeeeh' or 'nyaaah'" . It also makes a chatter .

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Tawny-faced Gnatwren

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Tawny-faced Gnatwren

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Colombia Panama Ecuador Peru Bolivia Nicaragua

About the Tawny-faced Gnatwren

The tawny-faced gnatwren or half-collared gnatwren is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae, the gnatcatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Collared GnatwrenMicrobates collarisThe collared gnatwren is approximately 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz).

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