Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Xenops (1 species, 4 worldwide)

Genus Xenops are small woodcreeper-like birds with upturned bills. Generally seen moving along trunks and dry branches where they chisel for insects in decaying wood.


Plain Xenops
Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Plain Xenops
Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small bird usually found at lower altitudes.


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