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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.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2597PH) Adult lateral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2598PH) Adult ventral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2644PH) Adult lateral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Matt Denton October 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2745PH) Adult dorsal view, Arroyo Tagatiya, Departamento Concepción (Hugo del Castillo August 2011).
VIDEO 1 - (FPAVE2599VI) Same individual (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO 2 - (FPAVE2600VI)Adult view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith December 2009).
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