Male
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador, January 2016
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador, January 2016
- Psarocolius viridis
Identification
48·5 cm (19 in)
Bright olive-yellow with belly, rump and undertail coverts maroon chestnut. The bill is pale greenish-yellow with an orange-red tip. The eye is pale blue.
Distribution
Displaying male
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador, January 2015
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador, January 2015
South America: found in the Guianas and southern Venezuela to north-eastern Peru and Amazonian Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Tall humid forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Green Oropendola. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Oropendola
