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Male. Photo by Gary Clark.
Location: Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Female. Photo by Fritz73
Location: Esteros del Ibera, Argentina.

Agelaius cyanopus

[edit] Identification

Length 18cm. A typical icterid blackbird, with an appropriate name, at least for the male, which is totally black. The female, however, is anything but unicolored, with a yellow streaked breast, rufous-olive back, and brown head. Her wings and tail are the only black parts.

[edit] Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

[edit] Taxonomy

There is no agreement at all on which genus this bird belongs to: in addition to Agelaius, it has been placed in Chrysomus and latest Agelasticus.

[edit] Habitat

Swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

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