Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus)

Other Names (World)
Velvet-fronted Grackle, Bolivian Grackle (boliviensis), Violaceous Grackle (violaceus)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
19 - 23.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical Swamp forest.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) [XC168898]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Matraca trail, Inirida, Guainia, Colombia (call)

Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) [XC466682]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Mamore, Departamento del Beni, Bolivia (call, song)

Subspecies
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggests relationship with morphologically very different Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus). Some subspecies, especially boliviensis, may merit full species status.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

guianensis Cabanis, 1849 - Venezuela (Sucre and north-eastern Monagas south to north-eastern Bol��var; north-western Amazonas) and north-western Guyana, north-eastern Colombia (north-eastern Vichada), and extreme northern Brazil (Roraima).
tanagrinus (Spix, 1824) - Amazon Basin in eastern Ecuador, southern Colombia (Amazonas), north-eastern Peru (Loreto and Ucayali) and western Brazil (Amazonas east to lower R Negro and R Madeira).
macropterus Gyldenstolpe, 1945 - Western Brazil (upper R Juru� in Acre and western Amazonas).
violaceus Hellmayr, 1906 - West-central Brazil (north-western Mato Grosso).
boliviensis Gyldenstolpe, 1941 - Eastern Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) - 10 files

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