New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) - HBW 16, p. 754
French: Cassique huppé
German: Krähenstirnvogel
Spanish: Cacique Crestado
Taxonomy: Xanthornus decumanus Pallas, 1769, Suriname.
Relationships uncertain; somewhat isolated from other members of genus. Birds from S of R Amazon sometimes treated as race maculosus (described from Yungas of Cochabamba, in Bolivia), but DNA data do not support this, showing only a certain distinctiveness for Andean populations. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanterus (Todd, 1917) - S Costa Rica, Panama, and N & W Colombia (W of E Andes).
- decumanus (Pallas, 1769) - Colombia (E of Andes), Venezuela and the Guianas, S on E slope of Andes and S across Amazonia to N & E Bolivia, NW & NE Argentina (S to Jujuy and Salta and, in E, to Formosa and Corrientes) and E Brazil (S to N & W Paraná and São Paulo).
- insularis (de Dalmas, 1900) - Trinidad and Tobago.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Three different views of birds displaying. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp maculosus)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 July 2008 4 years ago 44 sec 4.6 -
Bird displaying three times, from different positions on a tree Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
Joe Angseesing 26 October 2006 4 years ago 46 sec 4.5 -
A bird at a feeder, taking a piece of fruit and flying away Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
Peter Nash 27 April 2005 7 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A bird eating bananas at a feeder, then flying away. Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 28 October 2008 4 years ago 16 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on erythrina flowers Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp maculosus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 7 years ago 45 sec 4.4 -
An adult calling, scratching (using the "over the wing-technique") and preening on top of a tree. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp decumanus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 March 2011 1 year ago 45 sec 4.3
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Mating display.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
fayardmohammed 22 July 2012 35 weeks ago 4.3 -
In a tree quite close to the balcony at Asa Wright.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
David Lingard 10 December 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
japu Caraca Monastery MG Brazil
Locality Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp decumanus)
marco aurelio martins de ... 6 September 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
on the ground
Locality Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp decumanus)
Juan Carlos Marín 30 August 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Headshot of a male Crested Oropendola
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
Steve Garvie 1 May 2006 3 years ago 4.1 -
Adult close up showing eye-ring and crest.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 11 March 2011 1 year ago 4.1
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Bird singing on the top of tree. Locality São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 1 April 2001 44 weeks ago 4 -
A bird calling four times. Locality São Paulo Zoo, São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil
(ssp decumanus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2010 2 years ago 3.3 -
An individual in a tree, making beak-clacking calls Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
(ssp insularis)
Joe Angseesing 25 October 2006 3 years ago 3
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