| Yellow-rumped Marshbird
Pseudoleistes guirahuro
Brazilian name: chopim-do-brejo |
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Brazil
The Yellow-rumped Marshbird is dark brown (appearing black) with rump, shoulder and underparts bright yellow . |
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They are found from south
Goiás and Minas Gerais through south east Brazil to
Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
As the name implies they are usually found close to water. They are loud and conspicuous normally occurring in flocks of about a dozen or so birds |
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Photo 4 shows a fledgling which can only have been out of the nest for a few hours. It was finding it quite hard to fly and was being fed by an adult. There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. | |||
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