Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans) - HBW 8, p. 356
French: Sittine striée
German: Strichelscheitel-Baumspäher
Spanish: Picolezna Rojizo
Taxonomy: Xenops rutilans Temminck, 1821, Brazil.
Geographical variation over species’ large range slight, despite number of named races; in fact, there seems to be more variation within nominate than among many of proposed races. Highly likely that many or most races are not diagnosable; majority were described from few specimens and few localities, and many of the characters used to define them seem invalid. Racial identity of birds from extreme E Peru and NE Bolivia (Pando) and others from extreme E & SE of latter country uncertain; the first are tentatively included with purusianus and the second with connectens. List.. View all taxonomy...
Geographical variation over species’ large range slight, despite number of named races; in fact, there seems to be more variation within nominate than among many of proposed races. Highly likely that many or most races are not diagnosable; majority were described from few specimens and few localities, and many of the characters used to define them seem invalid. Racial identity of birds from extreme E Peru and NE Bolivia (Pando) and others from extreme E & SE of latter country uncertain; the first are tentatively included with purusianus and the second with connectens. Listed distributions of several races should be interpreted with caution. Eleven subspecies very tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- septentrionalis J. T. Zimmer, 1929 - Costa Rica and W Panama (W Chiriquí).
- incomptus Wetmore, 1970 - extreme E Panama (Cerro Pirre).
- phelpsi Meyer de Schauensee, 1959 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
- septentrionalis J. T. Zimmer, 1929 - Costa Rica and W Panama (W Chiriquí).
- incomptus Wetmore, 1970 - extreme E Panama (Cerro Pirre).
- phelpsi Meyer de Schauensee, 1959 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
- perijanus Phelps, Sr. & Phelps, Jr., 1954 - Perijá Mts, and E Andes of W Venezuela (S Táchira) and NE Colombia (Santander).
- heterurus Cabanis & Heine, 1859 - N Venezuela (E to Paria Peninsula), Trinidad, and E Andes from Colombia (S from Cundinamarca) S to NE Ecuador.
- guayae Hellmayr, 1920 - lowlands of W Ecuador (S from Esmeraldas) and NW Peru (Tumbes, Piura).
- peruvianus J. T. Zimmer, 1935 - Andean foothills in Ecuador and Peru (S to Puno).
- purusianus Todd, 1925 - extreme E Peru, C Brazil (R Purús E to R Tapajós) and NE Bolivia (Pando).
- connectens Chapman, 1919 - foothills from Bolivia (S from La Paz, also in extreme E & SE) S to NW Argentina (S to Tucumán).
- chapadensis J. T. Zimmer, 1935 - E Bolivia (Beni) and SW Brazil (Rondônia and Mato Grosso E to Maranhão, Piauí and Goiás).
- rutilans Temminck, 1821 - SE Brazil (S from Bahia and Minas Gerais) S to NC Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones, NE Corrientes).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird hanging on a branch and feeding Locality Maracay-Choroní Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp heterulus)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 November 2003 4 years ago 11 sec 4.7 -
A close view of a bird foraging Locality Maracay-Choroní Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp heterulus)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 November 2003 4 years ago 5 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding in a tree Locality Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp peruvianus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2005 7 years ago 11 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a branch, calling Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp septentrionalis)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 7 years ago 11 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a tree, feeding and calling Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp rutilans)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 7 years ago 37 sec 2.7
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