Great Xenops

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iGreat Xenops
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Megaxenops
Reiser, 1905
Species: M. parnaguae
Binomial name
Megaxenops parnaguae
Reiser, 1905

The Great Xenops, Megaxenops parnaguae, the only species in the genus Megaxenops is named as a Xenops because of its similarities in appearance, including an upturned bill tip. However, it forages amongst foliage rather than on the trunk.

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