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Oropendolas are a
genus of p****erine birds, Psarocolius, in the New
World blackbird family Icteridae. They were
formerly split among two or
three different...
- chestnut-headed
oropendolas, the
Montezuma oropendolas did not nest near
social Hymenoptera.
Combined with the fact that
Montezuma oropendolas do not allow...
- blackbirds, New
World orioles, the bobolink, meadowlarks, grackles, cowbirds,
oropendolas, and caciques.
Despite the
similar names, the
first groups are only distantly...
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Jordan & Lanyon,
Scott M. (April 2002). "A
robust phylogeny of the
oropendolas:
Polyphyly revealed by
mitochondrial sequence data" (PDF). The Auk. 119...
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generally common.
Uniquely among the
oropendolas, the
green oropendola has a pale bill with an
orange tip. Male
oropendola weigh around 400 grams,
while females...
- Fraga,
Rosendo (Summer 1989). "Colony
Sizes and Nest
Trees of
Montezuma Oropendolas in
Costa Rica (Tamanos de
Colonia y
Caracteristicas de los
Arboles en...
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family Icteridae is
variously called icterids,
troupials and allies, or
oropendolas, orioles,
blackbirds by
taxonomic authorities. The
family comprise the...
- that
males defend ****ually-receptive females,
suggesting that
Montezuma oropendolas have a female-defence
mating system.
While the
females nest, the males...
- eyes. The
olive oropendola is a
canopy bird that most
often is seen
flying high over the tops of the trees.
Compared to
other oropendolas it is a "loner"...
- (Price &
Lanyon 2002), the
aberrant oropendolas band-tailed
oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and
casqued oropendola,
Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi...
