Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
26.50 - 30.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland, lowland moist shrubland, dry savanna, pastureland. From sea-level - 950 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

N, north-eastern and west-central Venezuela south through eastern Colombia (east of Andes) and an isolated spot in Cauca Valley; also north-eastern Guyana and extreme northern Brazil (Roraima); and Amazonia from eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru (south to Ucayali) and extreme south-eastern Colombia (Leticia, in extreme south-eastern Amazonas) eastern along R Amazon (south to lower R Tapaj�s and lower R Tocantins) to Amap�, Maraj� I and Mexiana I (Brazil), and French Guiana.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) [XC493788]
by Fernando Castro from Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil (song)

Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) [XC260050]
by John V. Moore from Orellana: 'Yuturi Lodge', s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, song, calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Molecular data indicate close relationship to Hypopyrrhus and Lampropsar, despite very different plumage.

References
See References.

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