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Grey monjita
at Piraju, São Paulo State, Brazil
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Nengetus
Swainson, 1827
Species: N. cinereus
Binomial name
Nengetus cinereus
(Vieillot, 1816)

The grey monjita (Nengetus cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae that is the only member of the genus Nengetus. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in the genus Xolmis but was moved to the resurrected genus Nengetus following the publication of a genetic analysis in 2020.

Adult feeding insects to chicks in a nest built on a ledge on a building in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Xolmis cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
  2. Chesser, R.T.; Harvey, M.H.; Brumfield, R.T.; Derryberry, E.P. (2020). "A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 133 (1): 35–48. doi:10.2988/20-00005.
  3. Areta, Nacho; Pearman, Mark (September 2020). "Proposal 885: Revise the generic classification of the Xolmiini". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
Genera of passerines and their extinct allies
Passeriformes
incertae sedis
Acanthisitti
Acanthisittidae
Eupasseres
Tyranni
Eurylaimides
Calyptomenidae
Eurylaimidae
Philepittidae
Pittidae
Sapayoidae
Tyrannides
    • See below ↓
Passeri
    • See below ↓
Traversia lyalli
Tyrannides
Conopophagidae
Cotingidae
Formicariidae
Furnariidae
Sclerurinae
Dendrocolaptinae
Dendrocolaptini
Sittasomini
Furnariinae
Pygarrhichini
Furnariini
Philydorini
Synallaxini
Grallariidae
Melanopareiidae
Pipridae
Rhinocryptidae
Thamnophilidae
Euchrepomidinae
Myrmornithinae
Thamnophilinae
Formicivorini
Microrhopiini
Pithyini
Pyriglenini
Thamnophilini
Tityridae
Tyrannidae
Passeri
Resoviaornis
Acanthizidae
Atrichornithidae
Callaeidae
Climacteridae
Cnemophilidae
Dasyornithidae
Maluridae
Amytornithinae
Malurinae
Malurini
Stipiturini
Melanocharitidae
Meliphagidae
Menuridae
Notiomystidae
Orthonychidae
Palaeoscinidae
Pardalotidae
Pomatostomidae
Ptilonorhynchidae
Corvides
Passerida
Taxon identifiers
Xolmis cinereus


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