Golden-tufted Grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni)

Other Names (World)
Golden-tufted Grackle, Golden-tufted Mountain Grackle, Tepui Mountain Grackle

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
25 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1881)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 500 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela.

Mountains (tepuis) in southern Venezuela (western and central Amazonas and south-eastern Bol��var), extreme northern Brazil (Roraima) and western Guyana.

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 (7)...)

Golden-tufted Mountain Grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni) [XC439582]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Soldier's Monument area, Bolivar, Venezuela (call, song)

Golden-tufted Mountain Grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni) [XC354943]
by Felipe Arantes from La Escalera - Canaima National Park - Venezuela, Venezuela (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closely related to and forming a superspecies with Mountain Grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris) and they have sometimes been regarded as conspecific, but differ appreciably in body and bill proportions, plumage and vocalizations.

References
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