| Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus
Brazilian name : joão-pinto |
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Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Cordillera Escalera, San
Martin, Peru and Coca, Orellana, Ecuador This species is sometimes lumped with Campo Troupial I. jamacaii into Troupial I. icterus. For notes on the taxonomy of these species see Campo Troupial. |
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Orange-backed Troupial is distributed from the Guianas through the Amazon Basin to south-east Peru and from there through Bolivia into south-west Brazil and northern Argentina. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found on the forest edge and open woodland particularly along rivers and roads. | |||
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Compared to Campo Troupial note its orange crown, nape and back. The patch of blue skin round the yellow eye is
noticeably larger than in Campo Troupial.
Photos 1 and 2 from the Brazilian Pantanal show the sub-species I. c. strictifrons which has less black on the forehead and more white on the wings compared to the nominate species shown in photos 3 and 4. |
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