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Male
Photo by Jamfaraco
Lages/SC, Brazil, October 2006
Heteroxolmis dominicana

Xolmis dominicanus

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

South-eastern Brazil (Paraná) to Paraguay, Uruguay and north-east Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species is placed in the genus Xolmis by some authors[1] and Heteroxolmis by others[2][3]. The second part of the scientific name has recently been changed, from dominicana to dominicanus but this is not yet accepted by most world lists.

Habitat

Female
Photo by Jamfaraco
Lages/SC, Brazil, September 2004

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

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

Mostly silent. Occasionally delivers soft calls.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. BirdLife International
  5. Krüger & Petry (2010). Ornitologia Tropical 21(2): 299-303

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