Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
12 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Illiger, 1811

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 5,000,000 - 50,000,000 (2010).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (196)...)

Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus) [XC118952]
by Marcus Braun from Parauapebas, Para, Brazil (male, song)

Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus) [XC232287]
by Peter Boesman from Boa Nova humid area, Bahia, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Smaller and pale-throated nominate subspecies distinctive, possibly a separate species from others. Apparent geographical variation in song requires further study and several species may be involved. Thorough analysis may reveal that variation in Central America is clinal; proposed subspecies cayoensis (from Belize) considered not diagnosable. Honduran populations of mexicanus approach ridgwayi in most characters, and latter is very like littoralis. Sight records from north-western Peru (Tumbes) presumed to refer to last-mentioned subspecies. Subspecies remoratus intergrades with ruficaudus in southern Venezuela (R Casiquiare region).

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

mexicanus P. L. Sclater, 1857 - Southern Mexico (from Veracruz) south to Honduras.
ridgwayi Hartert and Goodson, 1917 - Nicaragua south to central Panama.
littoralis P. L. Sclater, 1862 - Eastern Panama (Dari�n) and northern Colombia (east to Cauca and Magdalena valleys) south to western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru (Tumbes).
olivaceus Aveledo and Pons, 1952 - Perij� Mts of north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.
neglectus Todd, 1913 - North-eastern Colombia (south to Cundinamarca) and north-western Venezuela (east to Miranda).
remoratus J. T. Zimmer, 1935 - Eastern Colombia (eastern from Meta and Caquet�), south-western Venezuela (south-western Amazonas) and north-western Brazil (north-western Amazonas).
ruficaudus (Vieillot, 1816) - Eastern Colombia (Vichada), southern and eastern Venezuela (Amazonas and Bol��var east to Paria Peninsula), the Guianas and northern Brazil (east of R Negro).
obsoletus J. T. Zimmer, 1924 - Eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, western Brazil (south of R Amazon, east to R Madeira) and northern Bolivia (south to northern Santa Cruz).
genibarbis Illiger, 1811 - Central Brazil (R Madeira east to Piau��, south to southern Mato Grosso and northern Goi�s).
minutus (Sparrman, 1788) - Eastern and south-eastern Brazil (Pernambuco south to Santa Catarina), eastern Paraguay (eastern from Canendiy�, Caaguaz�) and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis) - 10 files

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