Xenops
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Xenops is a genus in the South American bird family Furnariidae, the ovenbirds.
They are small birds with a longish tail, a laterally flattened bill with an upturned tip, brown back and buff or rufous wing stripe. They forage for insects on bark, rotting stumps or bare twigs, moving mechanically in all directions on the trunk like a woodcreeper, but without using the tail as a prop.
[edit] Species
- Rufous-tailed Xenops, Xenops milleri
- Slender-billed Xenops, Xenops tenuirostris
- Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus
- Streaked Xenops, Xenops rutilans
[edit] References
- ffrench, Richard (1991). A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 2nd edition, Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.
- Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.
