White-naped xenopsaris

White-naped xenopsaris
Young white-naped xenopsaris at Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Xenopsaris
Ridgway, 1891
Species: X. albinucha
Binomial name
Xenopsaris albinucha
(Burmeister, 1869)
Synonyms

Pachyrhamphus albinucha protonym

Xenopsaris albinucha Keulemans 1893

The white-naped xenopsaris (Xenopsaris albinucha) is a species of bird in the family Tityridae. The species is also known as the reed becard. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where now placed by SACC. It is monotypic within the genus Xenopsaris.[3] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Venezuela.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Xenopsaris albinucha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)
  3. Mobley, Jason (2004), "Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9, Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 453, ISBN 84-87334-69-5


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