Listen to the Crested oropendola
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About the Crested oropendola
The Crested oropendola is a bird in the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 11 g.
What does the Crested oropendola sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as calls. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus), also known as the cornbird, is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It is "[u]ndoubtedly overall the commonest and most widespread oropendola".
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More from the family Icteridae
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Baltimore oriole
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Venezuelan troupial
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Common grackle
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Great-tailed grackle
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Shiny cowbird
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Yellow-headed blackbird
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Crested oropendola sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Crested oropendola on this page, including its calls. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Crested oropendola endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Crested oropendola as “least concern”.
What family does the Crested oropendola belong to?
The Crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Calls · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q906518 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Crested oropendola – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan's Island, United States – CC BY 2.0