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 VU    Saffron-cowled Blackbird* Id (Atlas):
    Xanthopsar flavus

Description (10)
Image of Saffron-cowled Blackbird
 

Other Scientific Names
Agelaius flavus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Saffron-cowled Blackbird, Saffron-crowned Blackbird, Yellow-throated Oriole (xantholemus)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and seasonally wet/flooded grassland, inland wetlands. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B), Uruguay (B).

South-eastern Paraguay and south-eastern Brazil (from Santa Catarina, rarely Paraná) south to north-eastern Argentina (Corrientes and Entre Rí­os) and Uruguay.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
An explosive and high-pitched song consisting of a short trill. A harsh 'tchep' call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Saffron-cowled Blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus) [XC212473]
     by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Bozano, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)

 
Saffron-cowled Blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus) [XC857181]
     by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Ponte de madeira Bianco 5\u00ba (MB), S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Ausentes, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes subsumed in Agelaius. Molecular data indicate close affinity with Pseudoleistes and more distant relationship to Chrysomus, these findings supported by behavioural data. In morphology resembles more the last two genera, but with rather stout tarsometatarsus and thin bill. Form Icterus xantholemus, based on a single speciment from southern Brazil but erroneously published as from Ecuador, has been shown to be a synonym of present species.

Similar Species
Yellow-rumped Marshbird (Pseudoleistes guirahuro) and Brown-and-yellow Marshbird (Pseudoleistes virescens) are larger with uniformly brown head and breast.


References
See References.


Files:
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