Neoxolmis

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

Neoxolmis
Chocolate-vented tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

References

1. Hellmayr, Carl Eduard (1927). Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Field Museum Natural History Publication 242. Zoological Series. Volume 13. Vol. Part 5: Tyrannidae. p. 39.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. Chesser, R.T.; Harvey, M.H.; Brumfield, R.T.; Derryberry, E.P. (2020). "A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 133 (1): 35–48. doi:10.2988/20-00005. S2CID 229241271.
4. Areta, Nacho; Pearman, Mark (September 2020). "Proposal 885: Revise the generic classification of the Xolmiini". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2021.