Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Xenops (4 species)

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)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to w Colombia, w Venezulea and w Ecuador; Amazonia and the Guianas s to n Bolivia; also ne Brazil
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Plain Xenops
Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to w Colombia, w Venezulea and w Ecuador; Amazonia and the Guianas s to n Bolivia; also ne Brazil
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small bird usually found at lower altitudes.

White-throated Xenops
White-throated Xenops (Xenops minutus)
Range: SA: e Brazil to e Paraguay and ne Argentina
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In 2023 split from the Plain Xenops and only found in the Atlantic rainforest.

Streaked Xenops
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans heterurus)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Venezuela and Bolivia
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at higher altitudes than Plain Xenops in most parts of its range, but at low altitudes in Ecuador and Brazil.

Slender-billed Xenops
Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris acutirostris)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info



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