Xolmis

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

Xolmis
White-rumped monjita (Xolmis velatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Xolmis F. Boie, 1826
Type species
Tyrannus irupero[1] Vieillot, 1823
Species
see text

These are relative large flycatchers that are found in fairly open habitats. Most have black, grey and white plumage.^[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[3]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	White-rumped monjita	Xolmis velatus	Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
	White monjita	Xolmis irupero	Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay.