About the Atlantic Plain Xenops
The Atlantic plain xenops, also known as the white-throated xenops, is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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The Atlantic plain xenops is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 10 to 13 g (0.35 to 0.46 oz). Its bill is wedge-shaped, fairly stubby, and slightly upturned. The sexes are alike and juveniles resemble adults. Adults have a conspicuous buff or whitish supercilium and a wide pure white malar stripe. Their upperparts are dull brown to rufous brown and unstreaked; their crown is darker and lightly streaked. Their tail is cinnamon with much black. Their wings are also cinnamon, with a wide tawny or ochraceous band on the flight feathers. Their throat is pale with little or no streaking. Voice: The Atlantic plain xenops' song is a "series of 4-7 upslurred (or underslurred) notes, the first one often slightly lower pitched and subdued: wee-kwee-kwee-kwee-kweet!" Its call is a "short emphatic upslurred note kweet!, uttered singly or several times with intervals of typically 1.5‒3s".
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What the Atlantic Plain Xenops sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Belize, Venezuela.
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Amazonian Plain XenopsXenops genibarbisThe Amazonian plain xenops has a wedge-shaped, fairly stubby, and slightly upturned bill.
Slender-billed XenopsXenops tenuirostrisThe slender-billed xenops is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz).
Streaked XenopsXenops rutilansThe streaked xenops is about 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 10 to 15 g (0.35 to 0.53 oz).
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