Black-and-white Monjita - BirdForum Opus

Xolmis dominicanus

Photo of a male by Jamfaraco
Photographed at Lages/SC, Brazil.

Identification

• 20.5 cm.
  

Male -

• White body
• Black wings and tail
• White wing-tips particularly noticeable in flight
  

Female - similar

• Crown, back of neck and back are a brownish-grey

Distribution

Photo of female by Jamfaraco
Photographed at Lages/SC, Brazil.

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

In the past, this species was placed in the genus Heteroxolmis. The second part of the scientific name has also recently been changed, from dominicana to dominicanus.

Habitat

Open areas, fields and humid fields, dry lowland grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, and pastureland.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Mostly silent. Occasionally delivers soft calls.

References

BirdLife International

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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