Ovenbirds

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilus

The Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilus) is an 11 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Ovenbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

11 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, Venezuela.

Where to see it: Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Blanchisseuse Road (Trinidad and Tobago); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist