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Velvet-fronted Grackle

Lampropsar tanagrinus (Spix, JB 1824)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Miguel Aguilar @birdnomad 2025-10-06 , El Beni (Bolivia)   -   655139640
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus GABRIEL LEITE 2018-04-05 Uarini, State of Amazonas, Amazonas (Brazil) (40 m) female, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

409559
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis Richard E. Webster 2021-11-10 Puerto Ballivian, Trinidad, Cercado (Bolivia) (150 m) adult, call, sex uncertain, song -

3-6 birds foraging 3-6 m up in low gallery forest, calls (chert, chek, rattle) and song; Turdus haplochrous in the background is a recording; interval shortened at 4:13, then primarily from two birds;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

704204
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus tanagrinus Robert S. Ridgely 1992-09-00 Orellana: Río Pacuyacu, Napo (Ecuador) (212 m) calls, songs -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Pair

playback-used:no

275167
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Jacob Wijpkema 2021-05-03 Guarayos, Departamento de Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz (Bolivia) (260 m) call, duet, female, male, song, subsong -

feeding group in dense riverine forest

bird-seen:yes

653156
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Rose Ann Rowlett 2021-11-10 Auto selected -14.79548, -64.97338, El Beni, Bolivia, El Beni (Bolivia)   - At the entrance to the trail (at end of road), at 4:04pm, we encountered a flock of Velvet-fronted Grackles, at first 5 or 6 moving through bamboo; but then more and more came through, perhaps totaling ca. 20. They were giving at least 3 distinct types of vocalizations, including the musical notes. Following are 3 consecutive cuts of the same flock in the varzea at and near the beginning of the trail. Recorded using a Fostex FR-2LE with a Sennheiser ME62 & Telinga Universal 22" parabola. 397557371
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus tanagrinus John V. Moore 1992-08-00 Sucumbíos: Imuyacocha (Lagartococha), Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (190 m) alarm calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD

playback-used:no

260031
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis Dan Lane 2012-09-07 La Habana, El Cutal, Beni dept., El Beni (Bolivia) (150 m) call -

Natural foraging vocalizations from an actively moving flock of ~200 individuals pouring through understory (<10m or so, most below 3m) through gallery forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

111221
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Kent Livezey 2018-11-13 Matraca trail, Inirida, Guainia, Guainía (Colombia) (100 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

443975
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Andrés M. Cuervo 2020-01-09 Caño Jota - Laguna Caribe, CO-Vichada-Santa Rita (4,1615,-67,7903), Vichada, Colombia, Vichada (Colombia)   -   221972171
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Rose Ann Rowlett 2021-11-08 Chuchini Ecological Reserve, El Beni, Bolivia, El Beni (Bolivia)   - Velvet-fronted Grackles are calling (singing?) from 6’-high vegetation in a marshy area near the bridge at the entrance to Chuchini. At one point, a bird was feeding a presumed young. A pair of Rusty-backed Spinetails gives the loud duet at ca. 12”. Plain Softtails call in the distant background. Recorded using a Fostex FR-2LE with a Sennheiser ME62 & Telinga Universal 22" parabola. 396887431
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis Richard E. Webster 2021-11-08 RN Chuchini, Beni Department, Cercado (Bolivia) (150 m) adult, call, sex uncertain, song -

shortened at 0:38, after which singing from a semi-exposed perch 6 m up in a sapling; interval shortened at 1:51, three birds near a nest in short bamboo (chek calls and songs); shortened at 2:28 for calls and songs (nice after 3:43 to 5:00) from four birds cont. near the nest, also good after 6:08; shortened at 6:40 for two, part of the prior four, 8 m up in lower branches of a tree, chucks and rattle followed by interesting calls in flight at the end after 8:45; shortened at 8:56, same four, foraging in flowers 1-2 m up, flight calls at end again at 12:56;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

704187
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Kent Livezey 2018-11-11 Matraca trail, Inirida, Guainia, Guainía (Colombia) (100 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

443974
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Rose Ann Rowlett 2021-11-08 Chuchini Ecological Reserve, El Beni, Bolivia, El Beni (Bolivia)   - Various calls of Velvet-fronted Grackles as they feed at the edge of 6’-high bamboo along a little waterway near the entrance to Chuchini. Background includes: Dull-capped Attila, Plain-crowned Spinetail. Recorded using a Fostex FR-2LE with a Sennheiser ME62 & Telinga Universal 22" parabola. 396887741
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Theodore A. Parker III 1982-05-28 1.0 km S of Libertad; south bank Rio Napo, Loreto, Peru, Loreto (Peru)   -   29251
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Andrés M. Cuervo 2020-01-09 Caño Jota - Laguna Caribe, CO-Vichada-Santa Rita (4,1615,-67,7903), Vichada, Colombia, Vichada (Colombia)   -   221978351
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus guianensis Frank Lambert 2022-10-16 Matraca trail, Inirida, Guainia. Varzea, Colombia (Colombia) (100 m) call - [sono] 1040511
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus tanagrinus John V. Moore 2001-09-00 Sucumbíos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (220 m) song, calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD

playback-used:no

260030
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis Richard E. Webster 2021-11-10 RN Chuchini, Beni Department, Cercado (Bolivia) (150 m) adult, call, sex uncertain, song -

three birds, 1-2 m up in shrubbery, starting with chek calls, some in rattle fashion, then periodic song; mostly foraging; different from recorded earlier;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

704202
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Jacob Wijpkema 2023-08-27 Estancia Capinzal, Mamoré (Bolivia) (140 m) call, subsong, group song - [sono] 836222
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Peter Boesman 1994-03-05 Caño Colorado, Monagas, Monagas (Venezuela) (0 - 20 m) call, song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 8 side A track 32 seq. A)

224775
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Marco Cruz 2024-07-03 , Atalaia do Norte (Brazil)   -   651397504
macaulaylibrary.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis Richard E. Webster 2021-11-10 RN Chuchini, Beni Department, Cercado (Bolivia) (150 m) adult, call, sex uncertain, song -

emphasis is on chek calls from the start; some songs in the background not very good; interval shortened at 1:51, small flock with chek calls then song, some taking off part way through; shortened at 2:15 for more song and calls;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

704191
xeno-canto.org
Velvet-fronted Grackle - Lampropsar tanagrinus Arthur Gomes 2025-11-16 , El Beni (Bolivia)   -   647125664
macaulaylibrary.org
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