Black-and-white monjita

Black-and-white monjita
A male in Rocha, Uruguay
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Xolmis
F. Boie, 1826
Species: X. dominicanus
Binomial name
Xolmis dominicanus
(Vieillot, 1823)
Synonyms

Heteroxolmis dominicana (Vieillot, 1823)

The black-and-white monjita (Xolmis dominicanus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay (where it can still be found at the Quebrada de los Cuervos), and possibly Paraguay.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species is sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Heteroxolmis.

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