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Iris is reddish in [[Mexico]] and most of [[Central America]] becoming more yellow as one goes east in [[Panama]].
 
Iris is reddish in [[Mexico]] and most of [[Central America]] becoming more yellow as one goes east in [[Panama]].
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Southern [[North America]] and [[South America]]
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From [[Mexico]] in Southern [[North America]] through [[Central America]] and [[South America]] to [[Argentina]] and [[Bolivia]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====

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Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Location: Panama, January 2004
Molothrus oryzivorus

Scaphidura oryzivora

Identification

Iris is reddish in Mexico and most of Central America becoming more yellow as one goes east in Panama.

Distribution

From Mexico in Southern North America through Central America and South America to Argentina and Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • M. o. impacifus:
  • Caribbean slope of southern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to western Panama
  • M. o. oryzivorus:

Habitat

Forest clearings

Behaviour

Ground feeder

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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