Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Xenops (2 species, 5 worldwide)

Genus Xenops are small woodcreeper-like birds with upturned bills. Generally seen moving along trunks and dry branches where they chisel for insects in decaying wood.


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Amazonian Plain Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
   


A small bird that pecks at tree trunks and branches is usually found at lower altitudes.

Slender-billed Xenops
Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris acutirostris)
Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info



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