Velvet-fronted Grackle

Lampropsar tanagrinus - Quiscale velouté Carouge velouté

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Ictéridés

  • Genus
    :

    Lampropsar

  • Species
    :

    tanagrinus

Descriptor

Spix, 1824

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

Distribution

Identification

Quiscale velouté
adult

Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Lampropsar tanagrinus tanagrinus (s Colombia, e Ecuador, ne Peru and w Brazil)
  • Lampropsar tanagrinus guianensis (e Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and n Brazil)
  • Lampropsar tanagrinus macropterus (w Brazil)
  • Lampropsar tanagrinus violaceus (wc Brazil)
  • Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis (e Bolivia)

Foreign names

  • Quiscale velouté,
  • Chango terciopelo,
  • iraúna-velada,
  • Samtstirnstärling,
  • Pluchekoptroepiaal,
  • Gracula vellutata,
  • sammetstrupial,
  • Fløyelstrupial,
  • vlhovec lužný,
  • vlhovec sametový,
  • Fløjlspandet Sortstær,
  • samettiturpiaali,
  • federal de vellut,
  • tanagrokacyk,
  • Танагровый трупиал,
  • ビロードムクドリモドキ,
  • 绒额拟鹩哥,
  • sammetstrupial,
  • 絨額擬黃鸝,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Quiscale velouté

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded

Geographic range

Distribution

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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