Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Great Xenops (Megaxenops parnaguae) - HBW 8, p. 356

French: Mégasittine du Brésil German: Zimtroter Baumspäher Spanish: Picolezna Grande
Other common names: Reiser’s Recurvebill

Taxonomy: Megaxenops parnaguae Reiser, 1905, caatinga woods on the trail from Parnaguá to Olho d’Agua, Piauí, Brazil.
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. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Brazil, from Piauí, Ceará and W Pernambuco S to W Bahia and NW Minas Gerais.