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Xolmis rubetra (Rusty-backed Monjita)

Synonyms: Neoxolmis rubetra (homotypic); Neoxolmis rubetra rubetra

Wikipedia Abstract

The rusty-backed monjita (Xolmis rubetra) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland.
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Infraspecies

Xolmis rubetra rubetra
Xolmis rubetra salinarum (Salinas monjita) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.5613
EDGE Score: 1.88119
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  36 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Migration [4]  Intracontinental

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bosques Petrificados Monumental Natural National Monument III 151218 Santa Cruz, Argentina  
Laguna Blanca National Park II 19735 Neuquen, Argentina  
Reserva Ecologica de Ñacuñan Ecological Reserve Ia   Argentina  

Important Bird Areas

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Christie MI, Ramilo EJ y Bettinelli MD (2004) Aves del noroeste patagónico. Atlas y guía. LOLA y Sociedad Naturalista Andino Patagónica, Buenos Aires
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 4Myers, 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