Order: Passeriformes (Oscines) - Family: Icteridae Habitat: Marshes

All records since January 2014

Sounds
© Carlos Ferrari

© Roberto Ares © Roberto Ares

Adult
© José Luis Merlo Black. Hood to the breast and legs, red © Carlos González Ledo Pointed and black bill © José Luis Merlo © J. Simón Tagtachian
© Eduardo Carreyra Pair © Roberto Ares

© Roberto Ares

Breeding

Nest
It is a big cup woven with vegetal fibers and tied to bulrushes or wetland vegetation. Photos in video © J. Simón Tagtachian Photos were taken on October 10th 2011. Photos below taken on October 15th the nest was ready and the adult incubating
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© J. Simón Tagtachian

14 4 15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Juvenile
Chicks are black and turn the hood orange. It begins with the front part at the throat, down to the breast, then the cheeks, the forehead and finally extending onto the head and nape to complete the hood.
13 8 10 © Jorge García Vicente	11 1 14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
20 1 15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro	17 4 15 © Claudia y Diego bastías
13 5 15 © Sergio Cusano	13 5 15 © J. Simón Tagtachian
4 7 15 © J. Simón Tagtachian	4 1 14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
4 1 14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

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