Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1819)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest, moist shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,000 m, occasionally up to 3,400 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (67)...)

Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi) [XC737413]
by Ricardo Jos\u00e9 Mitidieri from Cristian\u00f3polis, Fazenda Marco Polo - Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call, song)

Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi) [XC407025]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Santo Tom\u00e9, Corrientes, Argentina (begging call)

Subspecies
Molecular data suggest an isolated position for this species, but in external morphology it seems closer to Bolivian Blackbird (Oreopsar bolivianus) and Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus). In nesting behaviour and voice it resembles Bay-winged Cowbird (Agelaioides badius). Subspecies megistus sometimes subsumed in sulcirostris. Latter apparently intergrades with nominate in eastern Brazil (northern Minas Gerais, possibly also Goi�s).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

sulcirostris (von Spix, 1824) - North-eastern Brazil eastern from Maranh�o and Cear� and south to Bahia and northern Minas Gerais (possibly also northern Goi�s).
chopi (Vieillot, 1819) - Central and eastern Brazil (central Mato Grosso east to Goi�s, Minas Gerais and Esp��rito Santo) south to north-eastern Argentina (south to Santa Fe and Entre R��os) and Uruguay.
megistus (Leverk�hn, 1889) - Extreme south-eastern Peru (Pampas de Heath and Madre de Dios) east to eastern Bolivia (La Paz, Beni and Santa Cruz).

References
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Files:

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