Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris) - HBW 8, p. 355
French: Sittine des rameaux
German: Streifenschwanz-Baumspäher
Spanish: Picolezna Picofino
Taxonomy: Xenops tenuirostris Pelzeln, 1859, Salto do Jirau, Rio Madeira, Rondônia, Brazil.
Racial assignment of birds from Venezuela tentative; currently included in acutirostris but apparently unlike typical specimens of that race; specimens from Guyana also included with acutirostris but possibly belong to hellmayri; further research required. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- acutirostris Chapman, 1923 - W Guyana, S Venezuela (S Amazonas, Bolívar) and SE Colombia (S from Caquetá and Vaupés) S to NE Peru.
- hellmayri Todd, 1925 - Surinam and French Guiana.
- tenuirostris Pelzeln, 1859 - SE Peru, Amazonian Brazil (S of R Amazon) and N Bolivia (Pando, NW La Paz, N Santa Cruz).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird working high in a tree Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 12 July 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 3
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An individual hanging on a branch.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp tenuirostris)
Joe Tobias 12 October 2004 1 year ago 2.5 -
A bird hanging on a branch.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 12 October 2004 1 year ago 2.3
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