Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Gymnomystax (1 species)


Oriole Blackbird
Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
Range: SA: mainly forested wetlands of Orinoco Basin and n Amazonia
Villavicencio, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A rather large (compared to other orioles) stocky blackbird. A lowland species that sometimes ventures high into the Andes.


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