New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus) - HBW 16, p. 798

French: Carouge à capuchon German: Gelbkopfstärling Spanish: Varillero Capuchino

Taxonomy: O.[riolus] icterocephalus Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Genus often subsumed in Agelaius. Behavioural and molecular data indicate that this species is closely related to C. ruficapillus. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • icterocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) - N Colombia (S to N Tolima, Meta and Vichada), Venezuela (mostly N of R Orinoco), Trinidad, the Guianas, N Brazil (Roraima; both banks of R Amazon E to Amapá and NW Maranhão) and NE Peru (Loreto).
  • bogotensis (Chapman, 1914) - NC Colombia (highlands around Bogotá).