Northern Plain Xenops (Xenops mexicanus) | Photos and ID

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Northern Plain Xenops (Xenops mexicanus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Northern Plain Xenops (Xenops mexicanus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) er-birds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Northern Plain Xenops (Xenops mexicanus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Rajan Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The northern plain xenops is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long. Eight individuals weighed 10.4 to 12.8 g (0.37 to 0.45 oz). The species has a wedge-shaped, fairly stubby, and slightly upturned bill. The sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies X. m. mexicanus have a conspicuous buff or whitish supercilium and a wide 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. Voice: The northern plan xenops' song is a "series of short staccato high-pitched notes that has a duration of about 1.0‒1.5 s". Its call is a "short emphatic high-pitched spik! note, uttered singly or several times with intervals of typically 1‒2 s."

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About the Northern Plain Xenops

The northern plain xenops is a passerine bird in the subfamily Furnariinae of the family Furnariidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Panama to northern Colombia, in northwestern Venezuela, and through and western Ecuador into Peru.

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Easily confused with

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).

Atlantic Plain XenopsXenops minutusThe Atlantic plain xenops is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 10 to 13 g (0.35 to 0.46 oz).

Amazonian Plain XenopsXenops genibarbisThe Amazonian plain xenops has a wedge-shaped, fairly stubby, and slightly upturned bill.

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