Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans

Brazilian name: Bico-virado-carijó
Streaked Xenops, Camacan, Bahia, Brazil, November 2008 - click for larger image Brazil

The Streaked Xenops is distributed from Costa Rica and Panama into South America along the foothills of the Andes and eastwards to Trinidad and from the southern Amazon Basin into northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil. 
Streaked Xenops, Tamandaré, Pernambuco, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image It is found in a variety of forest and woodland types from humid to semi-arid and up to about 2,500 metres in the Andes and Central America.

It is similar to Plain Xenops X. minutus but is streaked below and on the mantle.
Streaked Xenops, Camacan, Bahia, Brazil, November 2008 - click for larger image

There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves.
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