Plain Xenops

Plain Xenops
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Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Tyranni
Infraorder:	Tyrannides
Superfamily:	Furnarioidea
Family:	Furnariidae
Subfamily:	Xenopinae
Genus:	Xenops
Species:	X. minutus
Binomial name
	Xenops minutus; Sparrman, 1788

The Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus, is a species of xenops in the ovenbird (furnariid) family, Furnariidae and its in the xenops subfamily, Xenopinae.

Other names[]

None known.

Desciption[]

Bill short and wedge-shaped, the lower mandible conspicuously upturned. Brown above with indistinct whitish eye-stripe and prominent silvery crescentic stripe on cheeks; rump, tail, and wing-band (visible in flight) rufous; throat whitish, remaining underparts dull brown.^[2]

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References[]

^ "Xenops minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ Ridgely, Robert and John A. Gwynne Jr. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691025126.

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Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

Dumetella carolinensis -Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, New Jersey, USA-8

This article is part of Project Passeriformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each passerine, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Furnariidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each furnariid (or ovenbird), including made-up species.

[1] "Xenops minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

[Panama-2] Ridgely, Robert and John A. Gwynne Jr. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691025126.

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