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The grey monjita is 21 to 25 cm (8.3 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 50 to 62 g (1.8 to 2.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage and the two subspecies are essentially alike. Adults have a mouse-gray or dusky grayish crown, a wide white stripe from the lores to above the eye, and a thin white "moustache" with a wider black stripe below it. Their upperparts are mouse-gray or dusky grayish. Their wings are black with wide white bases to the primaries that show in flight. Their wing coverts have white tips and the tertials have white edges. Their tail is black with wide white tips on the feathers. Voice: The grey monjita's song has been described as a "very high, soft weeh-tjuh-teeh" and its call as a "very high, thin weéh". Other descriptions are "pééehpééeh-ili, dew-dlee-ew" and "pééa" respectively.
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When to see the Grey Monjita
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey Monjita
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the Grey Monjita
The grey monjita is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricansThe sooty tyrannulet is overall a dark grey colour, with a brownish tinge to its upperparts, paler underparts, and the top of its head being somewhat darker.
Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisThe lesser elaenia is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 22 g (0.41 to 0.78 oz).
Grey-hooded AttilaAttila rufusThe grey-hooded attila is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 36.5 to 51.5 g (1.3 to 1.8 oz).
Side by side: Grey Monjita vs Sooty Tyrannulet · Grey Monjita vs Lesser Elaenia · Grey-hooded Attila vs Grey Monjita · Grey Monjita vs Patagonian Tyrant
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