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[[Image:Campo_Troupial.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Ciro_Albano|Ciro Albano}}<br />Location: Chapada Diamantina, NE [[Brazil]].]] | [[Image:Campo_Troupial.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Ciro_Albano|Ciro Albano}}<br />Location: Chapada Diamantina, NE [[Brazil]].]] | ||
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Black crown, face, throat, upper chest, wings, orange back, nape, underparts, greater coverts, white secondaries, blue skin round the eyes, long black tail. | Black crown, face, throat, upper chest, wings, orange back, nape, underparts, greater coverts, white secondaries, blue skin round the eyes, long black tail. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Endemic to eastern [[Brazil]]. | + | Endemic to eastern [[Brazil]]. It has recently been shown to have an area of range overlap with [[Orange-backed Troupial]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. Originally considered a subspecies of the [[Venezuelan Troupial]] (''Icterus icterus''). | This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. Originally considered a subspecies of the [[Venezuelan Troupial]] (''Icterus icterus''). | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
| + | # SACC [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop288.html proposal] (passed) for splitting the Troupials into three species | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Icterus+jamacaii}} | {{GSearch|Icterus+jamacaii}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Icterus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Icterus]] | ||
Revision as of 21:52, 1 August 2009
- Icterus jamacaii
Identification
Black crown, face, throat, upper chest, wings, orange back, nape, underparts, greater coverts, white secondaries, blue skin round the eyes, long black tail.
Distribution
Endemic to eastern Brazil. It has recently been shown to have an area of range overlap with Orange-backed Troupial.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1. Originally considered a subspecies of the Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus).
Habitat
Caatinga, savanna and woodlands, but also sometimes found in urban areas.
Behaviour
In Troupials, both sexes sing, sometimes in for form of duetting.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- SACC proposal (passed) for splitting the Troupials into three species
