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Heteroxolmis dominicana (black-and-white monjita)

Synonyms: Heteroxolmis dominicana dominicana; Xolmis dominicanus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-and-white monjita (Xolmis dominicanus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.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.
View Wikipedia Record: Heteroxolmis dominicana

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Heteroxolmis dominicana

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  43 grams
Clutch Size [2]  3
Migration [3]  Migratory

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Uruguayan savanna Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0