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The male velvet-fronted grackle grows to about 22 cm (9 in) and the female about 19 cm (7.5 in). Both sexes are entirely black, with a slight bluish gloss on the dorsal surfaces. The feathers at the front of the crown are very short and dense, giving a velvet-like appearance at close quarters. The beak is short, conical and pointed, the iris is dark and the tail is long and somewhat rounded. The calls produced include a crackling "chack" and a whistling "cheziit", and the song, sometimes sung at dusk from a perch, is a moderately-musical rapid gurgling sound.
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When to see the Velvet-fronted Grackle
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Velvet-fronted Grackle
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Velvet-fronted Grackle
The velvet-fronted grackle is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, monotypic within the genus Lampropsar. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest.
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Easily confused with
Casqued CaciqueCacicus oseryiMale casqued caciques average 37 cm (15 in) long and 188 g (6.6 oz).
Yellow-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius xanthomusThe yellow-shouldered blackbird, as its name implies, is a glossy black bird with a small yellow humeral patch around its "shoulders" outlined by a white margin.
Bar-winged OrioleIcterus maculialatusThe bar-winged oriole is 20.5 to 23 cm (8.1 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 31 to 59 g (1.1 to 2.1 oz).
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