Chocolate-vented tyrant

Chocolate-vented tyrant
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)

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.

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. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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