Streaked Xenops

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilans

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Tambopata National Reserve

In 3 days <5%

18 Verified sightings at Tambopata National Reserve From 2019 to 2026
2,569 In all 23 parks
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Streaked Xenops

The streaked xenops (Xenops rutilans) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in the New World from Costa Rica and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. Early on, the streaked xenops was assigned the binomial Xenops rutilus. In the mid-1900s 1900s taxonomists began using X. rutilans. By the principle of priority, the earlier rutilus is correct, but because of the long usage of rutilans, most systems have stayed with that specific epithet. A major exception is BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), which uses X. rutilus.

The major worldwide taxonomic systems recognize these 11 subspecies: X r. Incomptus Wetmore, 1970 X.. r. Perijanus Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1954 X.. r. peruvianus Zimmer, JT, 1935 X r. connectens Chapman, 1919 X.. r. chapadensis Zimmer, JT, 1935

The streaked xenops is about 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 10 to 15 g... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:48

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1164938 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:10

Colombia · 2022

© Joost van Bruggen · XC742705 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Canto0:16

Brazil · 2019

© Caio Brito · XC556676 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~40%
2 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
3 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
4 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
7 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
8 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
9 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
11 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
12 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
13 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
14 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
15 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
16 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
17 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
18 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
19 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
20 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
21 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
22 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
23 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
2 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
3 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Streaked Xenops in Tambopata National Reserve?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Xenops sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 476th most-seen of the 550 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Streaked Xenops in Tambopata National Reserve?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Xenops in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Streaked Xenops?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked Xenops sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where does the Streaked Xenops sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Streaked Xenops is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (18 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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