Order: Passeriformes (Oscines) - Family: Icteridae
Habitat: Marshes

All records since January 2014

Sounds

16 8 16 © Claudia Mon

Adult male
© J. Simón Tagtachian Black. Long and pointed bill © Sergio Cusano © J. Simón Tagtachian

Adult female
© Jorge García Vicente Slight eyebrow. Blackish auricular zone. Yellow underparts with flanks streaked black. Dorsal streaking and edgings to secondaries, chestnut. Black tail. © Nicolás Giorgio © Nicolás Giorgio

Breeding
© J. Simón Tagtachian © J. Simón Tagtachian The nest is a big cup built from vegetal fibers tied to reeds, cattails, etc.

Juvenile male to adult
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© Elsa y Guillermo
© Sergio Cusano	© Gustavo F. Brahamian
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© J. Simón Tagtachian
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© J. Simón Tagtachian

Diet
© Sergio Cusano Frequently seen walking on floating vegetation. © J. Simón Tagtachian © J. Simón Tagtachian Pecks at stems, gapes it open to get to the prey. It feeds on insects, larvae, seeds, flowers

© J. Simón Tagtachian

© J. Simón Tagtachian

Look alikes

Spectacled Tyrant, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Solitary Black Cacique, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Unicoloured Blackbird, Screaming Cowbird, Shiny Cowbird, White-lined Tanager and Variable Oriole

More photographic records since January 2013