Grey Monjita

Grey Monjita
In Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Xolmis
Species: X. cinereus
Binomial name
Xolmis cinereus
(Vieillot, 1816)

The Grey Monjita (Xolmis cinereus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. 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.

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

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