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[[Image:Chestnut-headed_Oropendola.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini]] | [[Image:Chestnut-headed_Oropendola.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Length: 11-14" (28-36 cm). Head, neck, rump, lower belly, chestnut; tail yellow with dark center feathers and outermost webs of outermost feathers; otherwise black. Ivory to yellowish bill, blue eye. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Distribution== |
| − | + | Southeastern [[Mexico]] to [[Ecuador]]. | |
| − | + | ==Taxonomy== | |
| + | Two subspecies are recognized: ''wagleri'' and ''ridgwayi''. This species is sometimes placed as the only species in the genus ''Zarhynchus''. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Lowland habitats from rainforests to roadside trees | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Nesting is colonially in isolated trees or groves. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Psarocolius+wagleri}} | {{GSearch|Psarocolius+wagleri}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psarocolius]] [[Category:Incomplete]] |
Revision as of 00:37, 12 February 2008
- Psarocolius wagleri
Identification
Length: 11-14" (28-36 cm). Head, neck, rump, lower belly, chestnut; tail yellow with dark center feathers and outermost webs of outermost feathers; otherwise black. Ivory to yellowish bill, blue eye.
Distribution
Southeastern Mexico to Ecuador.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized: wagleri and ridgwayi. This species is sometimes placed as the only species in the genus Zarhynchus.
Habitat
Lowland habitats from rainforests to roadside trees
Behaviour
Nesting is colonially in isolated trees or groves.
