Rusty-backed Monjita
Neoxolmis rubetra (Burmeister, 1860)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Rusty-backed Monjita, Neoxolmis rubetra, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family found in central and northern Argentina, where it breeds. It is also known from records in Brazil and Chile outside its main range. The bird is tied to grassland and steppe with scattered low bushes, and it may also occur beside lakes. It is a complete migrant, leaving its breeding grounds in the austral winter and shifting north and east within Argentina. Its nest is an open cup of twigs and grass, lined with feathers and set on the ground, usually beneath a small bush.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: c, n Argentina
