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/ˈzinɑps/ · noun
Any of the tropical birds in the genera Xenops, Megaxenops and Microxenops, found in Central and South America..
PLAIN XENOPS Xenops minutus 12cm Separable from other xenopses by lack of streaking (check this carefully!). Short, level series of 4-5 very high, piercing notes. Understorey of humid forest and woodland. <1,000m, locally higher.
[...] xenopses hang chickadeelike while searching the underside of a leaf. Ovenbirds of various species are often members of mixed foraging flocks. Woodcreepers were once placed in their own family, the Dendrocolaptidae, but are now grouped[…]
Xenopses can hammer! The xenops has an upturned beak that it uses to hammer into decaying wood, to look for insects.
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Xenops means Any of the tropical birds in the genera Xenops, Megaxenops and Microxenops, found in Central and South America..
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PLAIN XENOPS Xenops minutus 12cm Separable from other xenopses by lack of streaking (check this carefully!). Short, level series of 4-5 very high, piercing notes. Understorey of humid forest and woodland. <1,000m, locally higher.
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