White-naped xenopsaris

White-naped xenopsaris
	Young white-naped xenopsaris at Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tityridae
Genus:	Xenopsaris; Ridgway, 1891
Species:	X. albinucha
Binomial name
	Xenopsaris albinucha; (Burmeister, 1869)
Synonyms
	Pachyrhamphus albinucha protonym

The white-naped xenopsaris (Xenopsaris albinucha) is a species of bird in the family Tityridae. The species is also known as the reed becard. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,^[2] where now placed by SACC. It is monotypic within the genus Xenopsaris.^[3] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Venezuela.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

^ Template:IUCN
^ Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)
^ Mobley, Jason (2004), "Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9, Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 453, ISBN 84-87334-69-5

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[2] Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)

[HBW-3] Mobley, Jason (2004), "Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9, Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 453, ISBN 84-87334-69-5

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