[order] Passeriformes | [family] Furnariidae | [latin] Xenops milleri | [UK] Rufous-tailed Xenops | [FR] Sittine a queue rousse | [DE] Rotschwanz-Baumspaher | [ES] Picolezna Colirrufo | [IT] Xenope di Miller | [NL] Roodstaartxenops
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Xenops | milleri | ||||
| Microxenops | milleri | SA | Amazonia |
Physical charateristics
Crown and nape black like streaked with dark yellow, mantle brown streaked whitish. Breast and lower underparts cream colored heavily striped grey. Tail and tail coverts rufous, rump cinnamon rufous. In the field the pale underparts are the major clue. The bill is slender, upper mandible black, lower mandible grey. Legs pale green yellow. Sexes are alike.
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Range
Found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Uncommon in Suriname found along rivers in the interior.
Habitat
Prefers tropical lowland forest and flooded evergreen forest.
Reproduction
No data.
Feeding habits
Mostly anthropods hunted in the canopy or sub-conapy, solitary or in mixed flocks. Volatile bird moving rapidly along branches. Gleans insects from leafs and bakr, does not hammer.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population size criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., less than 10,000 mature individuals in conjunction with appropriate decline rates and subpopulation qualifiers), even though the species is described as ‘uncommon’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range.
Distribution map
Literature
Title OBSERVATIONS OF SOME UNUSUAL RAINFOREST
AND MARSH BIRDS IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU
AND MARSH BIRDS IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU
Author(s): THEODORE A. PARKER, III
Abstract: This paper provides information on the behavior, d..[more]..
Source: Wilson Bull., 94(4), 1982, pp. 477493
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