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title: "Sittine du Mexique"
description: "Xenops mexicanus — Oiseaux. The northern plain xenops (Xenops mexicanus) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Furnariinae of the family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/northern-plain-xenops
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sittine du Mexique

> Xenops mexicanus — Oiseaux. The northern plain xenops (Xenops mexicanus) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Furnariinae of the family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Xenops mexicanus*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 1027
- Wikidata: [Q41027426](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41027426)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1586803](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1586803)

## Names

- en: Northern Plain-Xenops
- es: Picolezna Común Centroamericano
- fr: Sittine du Mexique

## Countries with the most observations

CR (320), PA (267), MX (92), CO (90), BZ (25), HN (25), GT (16), EC (15), NI (6)

## Summary

The northern plain xenops (Xenops mexicanus) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Furnariinae of the family Furnariidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Panama to northern Colombia, in northwestern Venezuela, and through and western Ecuador into Peru.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_plain_xenops

## Photo

![Sittine du Mexique](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-plain-xenops/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19540865

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-plain-xenops?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).