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Xenops rutilans

Photo by Fritz73
Photo taken: Cruce Caballero PP, Misiones, Argentina

Identification

12cm Dark brown head, whitish supercilium and malar stripe, brown upperparts, becoming rufous on the tail and rump, buff bar on the darker brown wings, white-streaked olive brown underparts. Sexes are similar.

Distribution

From Costa Rica south over Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru to Bolivia and northern Argentina. Also on Trinidad.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Wet forests in foothills and mountains between 600-2,200 m altitude.

Behaviour

The diet includes arthropods, and the larvae of wood-boring beetles.

It places a few stems and roots in a hole 1.5-4.5 m high in a tree for its nest. 2 white eggs are laid and are incubated by both sexes.

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