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Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilans

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 11 g
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 1
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 2
Photo: Alessandher Piva · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 3
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 4
Photo: Cecilia Fer Díaz · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 5
Photo: Cecilia Fer Díaz · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 6
Photo: Miguel A. Paixão · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 7
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 8
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 9
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans), photo 10
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

What the Streaked Xenops sounds like

Sonogram of the Streaked Xenops: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JUAN ANTONIO ALONSO DE JUAN · Song · Vereda La Máquina, Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Streaked Xenops: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: E Chito Juntas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Streaked Xenops: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). Its bill is wedge-shaped, short, and thick. The sexes are alike. The nominate subspecies X. r. rutilans has somewhat variable plumage. Adults generally have a conspicuous buff supercilium and a pure white malar stripe on an otherwise brownish face with some darker and lighter highlights. Their crown is dark brown with rufous streaks.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Streaked Xenops

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Streaked Xenops

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Ecuador Peru Costa Rica Argentina Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago Bolivia Panama Paraguay

Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana.

About the Streaked Xenops

The streaked xenops is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in the New World from Costa Rica and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Amazonian Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis) Amazonian Plain XenopsXenops genibarbisThe Amazonian plain xenops has a wedge-shaped, fairly stubby, and slightly upturned bill. Atlantic Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus) 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). Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris) 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).

Side by side: Amazonian Plain Xenops vs Streaked Xenops

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