| Northern plain xenops | |
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| In Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Xenops |
| Species: | X. mexicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenops mexicanus Sclater, 1857
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The northern plain xenops (Xenops mexicanus) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Panama to northern Colombia, northwest Venezuela and western Ecuador. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the Amazonian plain xenops.