About the Slender-billed Xenops
The slender-billed xenops is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The 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). Its namesake bill is wedge-shaped, and longer and thinner than those of other xenops. The sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a blackish brown face with a dark brown crown that is spotted and streaked buff, a buffish white supercilium, and a pure white malar streak. Their back is rufescent brown with short, wide, elongated creamy buff spots on its upper part. Their rump and uppertail coverts are reddish rufous. Voice: The slender-billed xenops' song is a series of four or five notes variously described as "tseep" and "tsip".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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.
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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