Species profile
Rusty-backed Monjita
Xolmis rubetra
Quick answer
W Argentina (Mendoza to Santa Cruz); winters to w Uruguay
- Scientific name
- Xolmis rubetra
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Xolmis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Rusty-backed Monjita in your journal
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- Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae)
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- Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
- Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)