White-rumped Monjita

Xolmis velatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCavity nestSmall · 49 g

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The white-rumped monjita is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly white head with a pearly gray nape. Their upperparts are mostly brownish gray with a white rump. The basal half of their tail is white and the rest black. Their wings are blackish with a white band at the base of the flight feathers that shows as a stripe in flight. Their inner secondaries and tertials also have a white patch. Their underparts are entirely white. They have a dark iris, a black bill, and dusky blackish legs and feet. Voice: The white-rumped monjita is not highly vocal. Its song is a "nasal, downslurred njeh, repeated at 1-sec intervals". It sometimes gives a single whistle at night.

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When to see the White-rumped Monjita

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-rumped Monjita

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-rumped Monjita

The white-rumped monjita is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and as a vagrant to Argentina.

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