Biology:Grey monjita

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Short description: Species of tyrant flycatcher bird found in South America

Grey monjita
Xolmis cinereus -Fazenda Campo de Ouro, Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brasil-8.jpg
at Piraju, São Paulo State, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Nengetus
Swainson, 1827
Species:
N. cinereus
Binomial name
Nengetus cinereus
(Vieillot, 1816)
Xolmis cinereus map.svg

The grey monjita (Nengetus cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae that is the only member of the genus Nengetus. It is found in Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil , Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in the genus Xolmis but was moved to the resurrected genus Nengetus following the publication of a genetic analysis in 2020.[1][2][3] File:Xolmis cinereus -Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil -nest-8.ogv

References

  1. Chesser, R.T.; Harvey, M.H.; Brumfield, R.T.; Derryberry, E.P. (2020). "A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 133 (1): 35–48. doi:10.2988/20-00005. 
  2. Areta, Nacho; Pearman, Mark (September 2020). "Proposal 885: Revise the generic classification of the Xolmiini". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop885.htm. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q258215 entry