Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Icteridae > Amblyramphus > Amblyramphus holosericeusAmblyramphus holosericeus (Scarlet-headed Blackbird)Synonyms: Xanthornus holosericeus (homotypic) The scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is an icterid bird of southern South American wetlands. This species is about 24 cm long. The bill is oddly shaped: long, slender, and very sharp, looking almost upturned. Adults of both sexes are described by their name. Juveniles have entirely black plumage; orange-red feathers first appear on their breast and throat, later spreading to the neck, head, and thighs. The song is given as "loud, clear, and melodic, a ringing 'cleer-cleer-clur, clulululu'." Calls are simpler but have a similar quality. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.18442 EDGE Score: 1.82203 |
Adult Weight [1] | 58 grams | Female Weight [3] | 75 grams | Male Weight [3] | 86 grams | Weight Dimorphism [3] | 14.7 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | Clutch Size [4] | 3 | Incubation [4] | 13 days | Migration [5] | Migratory |
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Species |
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Land Use |
Beni savanna |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Cerrado |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Pantanal |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Southwest Amazon moist forests |
Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Endemic |
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Cerrado |
Brazil |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4LIFE HISTORY TRAITS AND BREEDING SUCCESS OF THE SCARLET-HEADED BLACKBIRD (AMBLYRAMPHUS HOLOSERICEUS) IN THE ARGENTINEAN PAMPAS, Gustavo J. Fernández, Myriam E. Mermoz, Paulo E. Llambías, & E. Manuela Pujol, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 18: 407– 419, 2007 ♦ 5Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.orgEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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