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Brown-and-yellow Marshbird

Pseudoleistes virescens(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)

English (US) Brown-and-yellow Marshbird

The Brown-and-yellow Marshbird (Pseudoleistes virescens) 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: wet pastures of far southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Pseudoleistes virescens
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Brown-and-yellow Marshbird
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Agelaius virescens
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
Type locality
on the confines of Brazil [= Uruguay?] and near Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires suggested by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brasil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo) , pt. 2, p. 583.
Original description
Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.543

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 108 species of the family Icteridae