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 30 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Pale-eyed Blackbird Agelasticus xanthophthalmus
- Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris
- Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
- Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (A)
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Ecuadorian Cacique Cacicus sclateri
- Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
- Casqued Oropendola Psarocolius oseryi
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis
- Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Band-tailed Oropendola Ocyalus latirostris
- Amazonian Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus
- Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
- Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus
- Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador
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