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| - | [[Image:Black-and-white_Monjita_male_by_Jamfaraco.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of a male by {{user|Jamfaraco|Jamfaraco}}<br />Lages/SC, [[Brazil]], October 2006]] | + | [[Image:Black-and-white_Monjita_male_by_Jamfaraco.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Jamfaraco|Jamfaraco}}<br />Lages/SC, [[Brazil]], October 2006]] |
| - | ;[[: Category:Xolmis|Xolmis]] dominicanus | + | ;[[: Category:Heteroxolmis|Heteroxolmis]] dominicanus |
| | + | ''Xolmis dominicanus'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | *20.5 cm.<br /> | | *20.5 cm.<br /> |
| - | ''' Male''' - | + | ''' Male''' |
| | *White body | | *White body |
| | *Black wings and tail | | *Black wings and tail |
| | *White wing-tips particularly noticeable in flight<br /> | | *White wing-tips particularly noticeable in flight<br /> |
| - | '''Female''' - similar | + | '''Female''': similar |
| | *Crown, back of neck and back are a brownish-grey | | *Crown, back of neck and back are a brownish-grey |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | South-eastern [[Brazil]] (Paraná) to [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and north-east [[Argentina]] | | South-eastern [[Brazil]] (Paraná) to [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and north-east [[Argentina]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br /> |
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| | + | This species is placed in the genus ''[[: Category:Xolmis|Xolmis]]'' by some authors<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> and [[: Category:Heteroxolmis|''Heteroxolmis'']] by others<sup>[[#References|[2]]][[#References|[3]]]</sup>. The second part of the scientific name has recently been changed, from ''dominicana'' to ''dominicanus''. |
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| - | In the past, this species was placed in the genus ''[[: Category:Heteroxolmis|Heteroxolmis]]''. The second part of the scientific name has also recently been changed, from ''dominicana'' to ''dominicanus''. | |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | [[Image:Black_and_White_Monjita.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo of female by {{user|Jamfaraco|Jamfaraco}}<br />Lages/SC, [[Brazil]], September 2004]] | + | [[Image:Black_and_White_Monjita.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female <br />Photo by {{user|Jamfaraco|Jamfaraco}}<br />Lages/SC, [[Brazil]], September 2004]] |
| | Open areas, fields and humid fields, dry lowland grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, and pastureland. | | Open areas, fields and humid fields, dry lowland grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, and pastureland. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | | + | Other species, such as [[Saffron-cowled Blackbird]] likes to be around this species, seemingly because it is good at detecting approaching dangers such as raptors. |
| | ====Vocalisation==== | | ====Vocalisation==== |
| | Mostly silent. Occasionally delivers soft calls. | | Mostly silent. Occasionally delivers soft calls. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#BirdLife International | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor7}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker10}}#BirdLife International |
| | + | #Krüger & Petry (2010). Ornitologia Tropical 21(2): 299-303 |
| | {{ref}} | | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Xolmis+dominican}} | + | {{GSearch|Xolmis+dominican}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Xolmis]] | + | <br /> |
| | + | {{Video|Black_and_white_Monjita}} |
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| | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Heteroxolmis]] [[Category:Videos]] |
Open areas, fields and humid fields, dry lowland grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, and pastureland.
Mostly silent. Occasionally delivers soft calls.
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