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The Colombian mountain grackle is 27 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long. It is slender and has a long tail. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults are almost entirely black overlain with a blue gloss. Their axillaries and underwing coverts are dark chestnut; this color is seldom visible in the field. They have a dark brown iris, a black bill, and black legs and feet. Juveniles are dusky brown with less gloss and chestnut than adults. Voice: The Colombian mountain grackle's song is "variable, sometimes starting with low clicks and buzzing notes, followed by series of different warbled or whistled motifs, each one usually repeated 2–4 times". Its repetitive pattern has been likened to the song of a mockingbird (Mimus). Its calls include "sharp check and chuip notes".
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When to see the Colombian Mountain Grackle
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Colombian Mountain Grackle
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Venezuela.
About the Colombian Mountain Grackle
The Colombian mountain grackle or mountain grackle is an Endangered species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is endemic to Colombia.
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