Neoxolmis

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

Neoxolmis
Chocolate-vented tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Neoxolmis Hellmayr, 1927
Type species
Tyrannus rufiventris chocolate-vented tyrant Vieillot, 1823

Taxonomy

The genus Neoxolmis was introduced in 1927 by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr with the chocolate-vented tyrant as the type species.^[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek neos meaning "new" with the genus Xolmis that was introduced by Friedrich Boie in 1826.^[2]

This genus formerly contained only the chocolate-vented tyrant. Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2020, three species were moved from the genus Xolmis to Neoxolmis.^[3][4][5]

The genus contains four species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Black-crowned monjita	Neoxolmis coronatus	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
	Rusty-backed monjita	Neoxolmis rubetra	Argentina.
	Salinas monjita	Neoxolmis salinarum	Argentina.
	Chocolate-vented tyrant	Neoxolmis rufiventris	southern Argentina and Tierra del Fuego