Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Chestnut-capped Blackbird

Chrysomus ruficapillus

The Chestnut-capped Blackbird (Chrysomus ruficapillus) is a 32 g wetland bird that eats mostly seeds. It migrates.

Family

Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

32 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Playa - Ex Calera San Antonio (Paraguay); Ceibas (Argentina); Bahia de Asuncion (Paraguay); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay).

Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist