Chocolate-vented tyrant

The chocolate-vented tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Neoxolmis. The species was first scientifically described by Vieillot in 1823.

Chocolate-vented tyrant

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Neoxolmis
Hellmayr, 1927
Species:
N. rufiventris
Binomial name
Neoxolmis rufiventris
(Vieillot, 1823)

It breeds in southern Argentina and Tierra del Fuego; it migrates north to the Pampas.

Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Neoxolmis rufiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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