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;[[:Category:Xenops|Xenops]] rutilans | ;[[:Category:Xenops|Xenops]] rutilans | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:d10_0400.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}} <br/>Location: Kiri Lodge near Orosi, [[Costa Rica]].]] |
==Identification== | ==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. | + | Length: 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. Short, upturned bill. Sexes are similar. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
From [[Costa Rica]] south over [[Panama]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]] and [[Peru]] to [[Bolivia]] and northern [[Argentina]]. Also on [[Trinidad]]. | From [[Costa Rica]] south over [[Panama]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]] and [[Peru]] to [[Bolivia]] and northern [[Argentina]]. Also on [[Trinidad]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Eleven subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Wet forests in foothills and mountains between 600-2,200 m altitude. | Wet forests in foothills and mountains between 600-2,200 m altitude. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | The diet includes arthropods, and the larvae of wood-boring beetles. | + | The diet includes arthropods, and the larvae of wood-boring beetles. Foraging behavior is typical of furnarids - flies to a low position on a branch or tree trunk, and systematically scoots upwards probing for food. |
| + | 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. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}} | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Xenops+rutilans}} | {{GSearch|Xenops+rutilans}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Xenops]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Xenops]] | ||
Revision as of 01:50, 19 April 2010
- Xenops rutilans
Identification
Length: 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. Short, upturned bill. 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
Eleven subspecies are recognized:[1]
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. Foraging behavior is typical of furnarids - flies to a low position on a branch or tree trunk, and systematically scoots upwards probing for food. 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.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Streaked Xenops. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Streaked_Xenops
