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What the Olive Oropendola sounds like
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The olive oropendola is the largest member of its genus. Males are about 47 to 53 cm (19 to 21 in) long and females 34 to 38 cm (13 to 15 in). Adult males have long feathers on their nape that form a crest. Females lack the crest but are otherwise like males except for their smaller size and somewhat duller plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. b. bifasciatus have a blackish brown head, neck, and upper breast that combined look like a hood. They have a patch of bare pinkish skin on their face.
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When to see the Olive Oropendola
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Olive Oropendola
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Olive Oropendola
The olive oropendola is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It is a "spectacularly large oropendola".
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Easily confused with
Green OropendolaPsarocolius viridisMale green oropendolas average 48.5 cm (19 in) long and females 37 cm (15 in).
Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensThe male dusky-green oropendola grows to a length of about 42 cm (17 in) and the female of about 33 cm (13 in).
Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinusMale black oropendolas are about 47 cm (19 in) long and females about 39 cm (15 in).
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