New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) - HBW 16, p. 755

French: Cassique de Montezuma German: Montezumastirnvogel Spanish: Cacique de Moctezuma
Other common names: Great Oropendola

Taxonomy: Cacicus Montezuma Lesson, 1831, Mexico.
Sometimes placed in genus Gymnostinops. Forms a species group with P. guatimozinus and P. cassini, and all three possibly conspecific; P. bifasciatus and P. yuracares sometimes considered part of same group. Monotypic.

Distribution: Atlantic slope of E Mexico from San Luis Potosí S to Quintana Roo, and Caribbean slope from Belize S to C Panama (Colón).