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 2 years ago 44 sec 4.6 -
A bird feeding on erythrina flowers Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp maculosus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 5 years ago 43 sec 4.4 -
Bird displaying three times, from different positions on a tree Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
Joe Angseesing 26 October 2006 2 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A bird eating bananas at a feeder, then flying away. Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 28 October 2008 3 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird displaying in a breeding colony, another one arrives Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp maculosus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
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 25 weeks ago 45 sec 4
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japu Caraca Monastery MG Brazil
Locality Minas Gerais State, Brazil
marco aurelio martins de ... 6 September 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
Adult close up showing eye-ring and crest.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 11 March 2011 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality La Aurora Reserve, Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 31 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A male doing his thing
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
SIRROYALTY 2 June 2011 35 weeks ago 4 -
Headshot of a male Crested Oropendola
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularis)
Steve Garvie 1 May 2006 1 year ago 4 -
on the ground
Locality Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Juan Carlos Marín 30 August 2008 2 years ago 4
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A bird calling four times. Locality São Paulo Zoo, São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil
(ssp decumanus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2010 1 year 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 2 years ago 3
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