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Photo by njlarsen
Patagonian steppe north of Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2009
Neoxolmis rufiventris

Identification

Distribution

Breeds in Patagonian Chile (only Magellanes including Tierra del Fuego) and Argentina; in winter found further north into Uruguay.

Vagrant to Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species has in the past been placed in genus Xolmis, but the current world-wide checklists all agree on Neoxolmis.

Habitat

Temperate grassland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
  4. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
  5. van Perlo 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7

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