Troupials and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Icteridae
The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 21 species which have been recorded in Paraguay.
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Unicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
- White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris
- Bay-winged Cowbird Molothrus badius
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
- Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus
- Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Yellow-rumped Marshbird Pseudoleistes guirahuro
- Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- Campo Troupial Icterus jamacaii
- Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Paraguay
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