Xolmis

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| name = Xolmis

| image = NOIVINHA-BRANCA (Xolmis velatus).jpg

| image_caption = White-rumped monjita (Xolmis velatus)

| taxon = Xolmis

| authority = F. Boie, 1826

| type_species = Tyrannus irupero{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=107 |title= Tyrannidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Vieillot, 1823

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Xolmis is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

These are relative large flycatchers that are found in fairly open habitats. Most have black, grey and white plumage.{{ cite book | last1=Ridgely | first1=Robert S. | last2=Tudor | first2=Guy | year=2009 | title=Birds of South America: Passerines | series=Helm Field Guides | place=London | publisher=Christopher Helm | isbn=978-1-408-11342-4 | page=461 }}

Species

The genus contains two species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Tyrant flycatchers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=26 July 2021 }}

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ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
120pxWhite-rumped monjitaXolmis velatusBolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
120pxWhite monjitaXolmis iruperoBrazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay.

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