What is Gnateater?
{{Taxobox | name = Gnateaters | image = Conopophaga castaneiceps 3.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = [[Chestnut-crowned Gnateater]] (''Conopophaga castaneiceps'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | subordo = [[Tyranni]] | familia = '''Conopophagidae''' }} The '''gnateaters''' are a [[bird]] [[family (biology)|family]], '''Conopophagidae'''. They are made of ten small [[passerine]] [[species]] in two [[genus|genera]]. They live in [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]]. They are very closely related to the [[antbird]]s and less closely to the [[antpitta]]s and [[tapaculo]]s. Gnateaters are not studied or known as much because of their [[wikt:remote|remote]] [[habitat]]. However, they are often watched by [[birdwatching|birdwatchers]]. Gnateaters feed on [[insect]]s. They catch them in the [[rainforest|understory]] of [[South American]] forests.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/236256/gnateater |title=gnateater (bird) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia |first= |last=|encyclopedia=britannica.com |year=2012 |accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> == References == <references/> {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Tyranni]]