Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Psarocolius wagleri (Gray, GR, 1844)

Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Psarocolius wagleri, is a passerine of the Icteridae family that breeds in Middle America and South America, from eastern Mexico to eastern Colombia and south-western Ecuador. It lives in evergreen and secondary forest in tropical and lower subtropical areas, and also turns up in plantations and suburban places. In northern Central America it may also be found at the margins of pine-oak forest. The species is a resident, though it makes short seasonal and altitudinal movements. It is notable for its very large bill with a swollen casque, and males have a slight crest.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: ec Mexico to ec Colombia and sw Ecuador