Scarlet-headed Blackbird

Scarlet-headed Blackbird

Taxobox
name = Scarlet-headed Blackbird
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Adult
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Icteridae
genus = "Amblyramphus"
genus_authority = Leach, 1814
species = "A. holosericeus"
binomial = "Amblyramphus holosericeus"
binomial_authority = (Scopoli, 1786)

The Scarlet-headed Blackbird, "Amblyramphus holosericeus", is an icterid bird of southern South American wetlands.

This species is about 24 cm long. The bill is oddly shaped: long, slender, and very sharp, looking almost upturned. Adults of both sexes are described by their name. Juveniles have entirely black plumage; orange-red feathers first appear on their breast and throat, later spreading to the neck, head, and thighs. The song is given as "loud, clear, and melodic, a ringing 'cleer-cleer-clur, clulululu'." Calls are simpler but have a similar quality. cite book | last = Ridgely | first=Robert S. | coauthor = Tudor, Guy | title = The Birds of South America: The Oscine Passerines | year = 1989 | publisher = University of Texas Press | pages = p. 345 | id = ISBN 0-292-70756-8 | url = http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0292707568 | accessdate = 2007-02-19]

Scarlet-headed Blackbirds occur in pairs in large reed beds in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina; Bolivia has an isolated population at altitudes up to about 600 m. They often perch conspicuously on top of a stem. They are uncommon, particularly away from the coast.

They eat mainly fruit, supplementing it with seeds and invertebrates, especially insects. They use their bill as a hammer to open food items.cite web | title = Scarlet-headed blackbird | work = Meet the Animals | publisher = Toronto Zoo | url = http://www.torontozoo.com/Animals/details.asp?AnimalId=499 | accessdate = 2007-02-19]

Scarlet-headed Blackbirds are monogamous, and territories are grouped together. The nest is an open cup placed in the crotch of a shrub or woven into vegetation, in which they lay two eggs.

References

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=9772 Scarlet-headed Blackbird videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/20408900.htm Stamps] (for Argentina, Uruguay) with RangeMap
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=scarlet-headed+blackbird&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Scarlet-headed Blackbird photo gallery] VIREO
* [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/images/stories/borderland/photo/scarlet-headed_blackbird.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/content/view/21/40/ Article] borderland-tours
* [http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2007/12/15/scarlet-headed-blackbird/ Scarlet-headed Blackbird photos] (Brazil)


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