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Yellow-hooded Blackbird

Chrysomus icterocephalus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsWetlandCup nestSmall · 31 g
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 1
Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by David F. Belmonte · cc-by
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 2
Photo: Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 3
Photo: Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 4
Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 5
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 6
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 7
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 8
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 9
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus), photo 10
Photo: Nathaly 1106 · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The yellow-hooded blackbird is about 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long. Males weigh an average of 35.9 g (1.3 oz) and females average 26.8 g (0.95 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a bright yellow head, throat, neck, and upper breast except for black lores. Ther rest of their plumage is glossy black. Adult females of the nominate subspecies have a yellow supercilium, throat, and upper breast. Their crown and the rest of their face are citrine. Their upperparts are dull grayish olive with dusky streaks. Voice: Male yellow-hooded blackbirds sing two types of songs. One is "brief notes or whistles followed by harsh buzz" and the other "a more variable and pleasant sequence of warbles or whistles". Groups often sing together. The species' calls are chek and "a descending whistle".

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When to see the Yellow-hooded Blackbird

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 Yellow-hooded Blackbird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 11 countries 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.

Colombia Peru Trinidad & Tobago Venezuela Brazil Panama Guyana French Guiana Suriname Aruba Curaçao

Recorded as a rare visitor in Caribbean Netherlands.

About the Yellow-hooded Blackbird

The yellow-hooded blackbird is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela. It has been recorded as a vagrant on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. In addition, there is a small population in extreme eastern Panama and a previously misidentified specimen from Barbados.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-capped Blackbird (Chrysomus ruficapillus) Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillusMale chestnut-capped blackbirds average 18.5 cm (7.3 in) long and females 17.1 cm (6.7 in).

Side by side: Chestnut-capped Blackbird vs Yellow-hooded Blackbird

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