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[[Image:Dusky-greenOropendola2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Village of Aguas Calientes, [[Peru]], September, 2009]]
[[Image:Dusky-greenOropendola2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> Village of Aguas Calientes, [[Peru]], September, 2009]]
 
[[Image:Dusky-green_Oropendola.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Photo by: {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Date: 2008-08-01 <br />Location: along Manu Road, Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge, (approx. 1400m), [[Peru]]]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Psarocolius|Psarocolius]] atrovirens
 
;[[:Category:Psarocolius|Psarocolius]] atrovirens
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Manu Road, Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Madre de Dios Department, [[Peru]], September 2018]]
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Male 42 cm (16½ in); female 33 cm (13 in)
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*Dark olivaceous overall plumage
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*Paler throat and ear-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Darker [[Topography#Heads|lores]] and wings
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bolivia]] and [[Peru]].
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[[South America]]: found in the Andes of south-eastern [[Peru]] and north-western [[Bolivia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist cloud forest.
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Dry and wet mountainous forests. Can often be seen along canyons, around human settlements and fruit orchards.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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There is not a lot known. They appear to eat arthropods and insects, small vertebrates, fruit and nectar. They also catch moths.
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==Gallery==
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==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2019)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Psarocolius+atrovirens}}
 
{{GSearch|Psarocolius+atrovirens}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psarocolius]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psarocolius]]

Latest revision as of 21:21, 22 January 2019

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Village of Aguas Calientes, Peru, September, 2009
Psarocolius atrovirens

Identification

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Manu Road, Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Madre de Dios Department, Peru, September 2018

Male 42 cm (16½ in); female 33 cm (13 in)

  • Dark olivaceous overall plumage
  • Paler throat and ear-coverts
  • Darker lores and wings

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of south-eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Dry and wet mountainous forests. Can often be seen along canyons, around human settlements and fruit orchards.

Behaviour

Diet

There is not a lot known. They appear to eat arthropods and insects, small vertebrates, fruit and nectar. They also catch moths.

Gallery

Click on images to enlarge

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2019)

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