Icteridae

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Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Icteridae
Xanthopsar flavus (Gmelin, 1788)

Xanthopsar flavus (Gmelin, 1788)

Xanthopsar flavus (Gmelin, 1788)

Xanthopsar flavus, the saffron-cowled blackbird, is the only species in its genus, an Icteridae bird threatened by habitat loss in South America.

Chrysomus icterocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chrysomus icterocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chrysomus icterocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

The yellow-hooded blackbird is a fairly common Icteridae species native to northern South America, rarely recorded as a vagrant in Panama.

Chrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819)

Chrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819)

Chrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819)

Chrysomus ruficapillus, the chestnut-capped blackbird, is a sexually dimorphic bird found in wet eastern South American habitats.

Agelaioides badius (Vieillot, 1819)

Agelaioides badius (Vieillot, 1819)

Agelaioides badius (Vieillot, 1819)

Agelaioides badius, the grayish baywing, is a non-brood-parasitic passerine common across its semi-open South American habitats.

Agelaioides badius fringillarius (Spix, 1824)

Agelaioides badius fringillarius (Spix, 1824)

Agelaioides badius fringillarius (Spix, 1824)

This is a subspecies of grayish baywing, a social non-brood-parasitic bird common across semi-open South American habitats.

Cacicus melanicterus (Bonaparte, 1825)

Cacicus melanicterus (Bonaparte, 1825)

Cacicus melanicterus (Bonaparte, 1825)

Cacicus melanicterus, the Mexican/yellow-winged cacique, is an Icteridae species found only in western Mexico and northern Guatemala.

Dives atroviolaceus (Orbigny, 1839)

Dives atroviolaceus (Orbigny, 1839)

Dives atroviolaceus (Orbigny, 1839)

Dives atroviolaceus is a 27 cm black bird with a brown eye, endemic to Cuba’s main island, living in lowland moist and degraded former forests.

Sturnella militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sturnella militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sturnella militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sturnella militaris, the red-breasted meadowlark, is a small Neotropical icterid bird associated with open grassy habitats.

Sturnella superciliaris (Bonaparte, 1850)

Sturnella superciliaris (Bonaparte, 1850)

Sturnella superciliaris (Bonaparte, 1850)

The white-browed meadowlark is a small South American passerine icterid that is expanding its range.

Sturnella bellicosa Filippi, 1847

Sturnella bellicosa Filippi, 1847

Sturnella bellicosa Filippi, 1847

The Peruvian meadowlark is an icterid bird found in western South America, with distinct male/female plumage and a bobbing flight.

Sturnella defilippii (Bonaparte, 1850)

Sturnella defilippii (Bonaparte, 1850)

Sturnella defilippii (Bonaparte, 1850)

The Pampas meadowlark is an Icteridae bird scattered across the Pampas Plain, threatened by habitat loss.

Sturnella loyca (Molina, 1782)

Sturnella loyca (Molina, 1782)

Sturnella loyca (Molina, 1782)

The long-tailed meadowlark is a passerine icterid bird of southern South America and the Falkland Islands that inhabits open grassland.

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