Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus - Cassique huppé

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Ictéridés

  • Genus
    :

    Psarocolius

  • Species
    :

    decumanus

Descriptor

Pallas, 1769

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 47 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cassique huppé
adult

Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Psarocolius decumanus decumanus (n South America)
  • Psarocolius decumanus melanterus (s Costa Rica to n, w Colombia)
  • Psarocolius decumanus insularis (Trinidad and Tobago)
  • Psarocolius decumanus maculosus (e Peru and Bolivia to n Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Cassique huppé,
  • Cacique crestado,
  • japu-preto,
  • Krähenstirnvogel,
  • kontyos zacskómadár,
  • Kuiforopendola,
  • Oropendola crestata,
  • tofsoropendola,
  • Soldatoropendola,
  • trupiál havraní,
  • vlhovec chocholatý,
  • Håret Oropendola,
  • kultapyrstö,
  • cacic crestat,
  • kacykowiec rdzaworzytny,
  • Хохлатая оропендола,
  • カンムリオオツリスドリ,
  • 发冠拟椋鸟,
  • 冠擬椋鳥,

Voice song and cries

Cassique huppé
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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