Eastern Brazil, from Piauí, Ceará and western Pernambuco south to western Bahia and north-western Minas Gerais.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation due to conversion to irrigated and dry field agriculture, logging for charcoal production and intensive grazing are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Song is a rattle, starting quietly with sparser notes and becoming louder and higher pitched before accelerating and fading at the end. Also a single loud sharp call, sometimes in a series.
Great Xenops (Megaxenops parnaguae) [XC540405]
by Caio Brito from Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil (song)
Great Xenops (Megaxenops parnaguae) [XC659141]
by Barry Edmonston from Itua\u00e7u, Bahia, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
No obvious close relationships. Although traditionally placed near Xenops, this evidently based solely on wedge-shaped bill. Foraging behaviour suggests that it is closer to Philydor or Syndactyla.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet