Skip to content
Illustration of a Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris) egg, 20.5 × 15.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Xenops tenuirostris

  • 20.5 × 15.4 mm (estimated)
  • Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Breeds in South America (9 countries)
show all 9South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Plain white or with a faint greenish-blue tinge, unmarked, as in ovenbird and woodcreeper eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).

Sources of information

Size
Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Xenops rutilans.
Description
Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 12.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

Have you seen this egg, or know a description or measurements of it? Message us.