Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Rusty-backed Monjita (Xolmis rubetra) - HBW 9, p. 394

French: Pépoaza traquet German: Rotrücken-Nonnentyrann Spanish: Monjita Castaña

Taxonomy: Taenioptera Rubetra Burmeister, 1860, Sierra de Mendoza; [type from pampa S of Mendoza, near San Carlos and Totoral], Argentina.
Placed in Myiotheretes by early authors, and more recently sometimes included with seemingly dissimilar X. salinarum in Neoxolmis; possibly some affinities with Agriornis; further study needed. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Argentina, from Mendoza S to Chubut; winters N to N Argentina.