Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Wagler's Oropendola

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
27 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (59)...)

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri) [XC371047]
by Kent Livezey from El Valle de Ant\u00f3n, Cocl\u00e9 Province, Panama (call, song, wing whirrs, wing-flapping displays)

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri) [XC690197]
by Kent Livezey from El Valle de Ant\u00f3n, Cocl\u00e9 Province, Panama (begging call, call, song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in a monotypic genus Zarhynchus because of its peculiar bill shape. However, recent analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that it belongs to a clade containing the "Andean oropendolas" (Dusky-green Oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens) and montane subspecies of Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

wagleri (Gray, 1845) - Atlantic slope from south-eastern Mexico (Veracruz and northern Oaxaca) south to Honduras and north-eastern Nicaragua.
ridgwayi (van Rossem, 1934) - Eastern Nicaragua south to western Colombia and south-western Ecuador (Manab��, rarely to El Oro).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri) - 10 files

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