Black-crowned monjita | |
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at San Javier, Río Negro, Uruguay. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Neoxolmis |
Species: | N. coronatus
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Binomial name | |
Neoxolmis coronatus (Vieillot, 1823)
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Synonyms | |
Xolmis coronatus |
The black-crowned monjita (Neoxolmis coronatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Xolmis. Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2020, it was one of three species moved to Neoxolmis.[2][3][4]