Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Amblyramphus holosericeus(Scopoli, GA, 1786)
English (US) Scarlet-headed Blackbird
The Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: marshes of northern Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz), Paraguay, southern Brazil, and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1786)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Xanthornus (holosericeus)
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1786)
- Type locality
- Antigue . . . Isle of Panay [Philippines], error; islands of the delta of the Parana suggested by Dabbene, 1912, Anal. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, 23, p. 372.
- Original description
- Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2 p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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