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Chocolate vented tyrant

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Neoxolmis rufiventris

Higher classification
  
Neoxolmis

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Tyrannidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Neoxolmis Hellmayr, 1927

Similar
  
Rusty‑backed monjita, Lessonia, Cinnamon‑bellied ground tyrant, Grey‑and‑white tyrannulet, Great shrike‑tyrant

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The chocolate-vented tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Neoxolmis. The species was first scientifically described by Vieillot in 1823.

It breeds in southern Argentina and Tierra del Fuego; it migrates north to the Pampas.

Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

References

Chocolate-vented tyrant Wikipedia