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WHITE-RUMPED MONJITA Xolmis velatus
The cerrado Monjita and true to form he is a handsome black, grey and white bird with an eyecatching wing pattern. Few sights in the cerrado are more pleasant than sitting back in the shade of a sunny afternoon, watching a Monjita happily foraging for aerial insects. Erroneous records of the rare Black-and-white Monjita Xolmis dominicanus refer to a misidentified specimen of this, superficially similar, species.
FIGURE 1 - Adult lateral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - Adult ventral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO - Same individual (Paul Smith September 2006).
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