Grey Monjita
Nengetus cinereus(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Gray Monjita
UK name: Grey Monjita
The Grey Monjita (Nengetus cinereus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Nengetus cinereus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Monjita
- English (UK)
- Grey Monjita
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Nengetus cinereus cinereus
- Nengetus cinereus pepoaza
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tyrannus cinereus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- 'I'Amerique Merid.;' restricted to hinterland of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 12, p. 305.
- Original description
- Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire p.68
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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