Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestDomed nestMedium · 156 g

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 1 — Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 2 — Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 3 — Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 4 — Photo: Jim Dreier · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 5 — Photo: Josh Noseworthy · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 6 — Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 7 — Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 8 — Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 9 — Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), photo 10 — Photo: Josh Noseworthy · CC BY 4.0

What the Chestnut-headed Oropendola sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut-headed Oropendola: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Esmeraldas: 11 km WSW Same, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Chestnut-headed oropendola males average 35 cm (14 in) long and females 28 cm (11 in). Males weigh an average of 214 g (7.5 oz) and females 113 g (4.0 oz). The species looks very long-winged in flight. Males have a slight crest. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a dark purplish chestnut head, throat, and upper breast. Their body and wings are mostly black with a bluish gloss. Their rump and uppertail coverts are dark chestnut and their rear flanks and undertail coverts a medium chestnut.

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When to see the Chestnut-headed Oropendola

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Regular range

The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama Colombia Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Belize Ecuador El Salvador

About the Chestnut-headed Oropendola

The chestnut-headed oropendola is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, and in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

Russet-backed OropendolaPsarocolius angustifronsRusset-backed oropendola males are 44 to 48 cm (17 to 19 in) long and females 34 to 38 cm (13 to 15 in).

Olive OropendolaPsarocolius bifasciatusThe olive oropendola is the largest member of its genus.

Green OropendolaPsarocolius viridisMale green oropendolas average 48.5 cm (19 in) long and females 37 cm (15 in).

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