Grey monjita

Grey monjita
	at Piraju, São Paulo State, Brazil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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

References

^ BirdLife International (2012). "Xolmis cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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[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.

[ioc-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.

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