Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus)

Other Names (World)
Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Scarlet-headed Marshbird, Orange-headed Blackbird

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Scopoli, 1786)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

North-eastern Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz), most of Paraguay, and southern Brazil (southern from southern Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina, occasionally Paran� and possibly also S�o Paulo) south to north-western and eastern Argentina (northern Salta, C�rdoba, and eastern Chaco south to Buenos Aires) 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 unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (80)...)

Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) [XC195218]
by Pedro Rinaldi from Reserva Provincial Estricta Otamendi, Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina (song)

Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) [XC879304]
by Allen T. Chartier from Fazenda Rio Negro, Rio Negro, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggests relationship with Curaeus, but the two genera differ morphologically and behaviourally.

References
See References.

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