Saffron-cowled Blackbird
Xanthopsar flavus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Saffron-cowled Blackbird
The Saffron-cowled Blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus) 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: Paraguay to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Xanthopsar flavus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Saffron-cowled Blackbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- O[riolus] flavus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- 'in Antigua insulae Panay [error] , et America australi' ; Rio de la Plata designated by Hellmayr, 1937, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 10, p. 184.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.389
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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