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Amazonian Oropendola

Psarocolius yuracares (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA 1838)

The olive oropendola is the largest member of the icterid family and rivals the Amazonian umbrellabird as the largest passerine bird in South America. It is sometimes placed in the genus Gymnostinops instead of Psarocolius. As suggested by its name, it is found widely – but often in low densities – throughout humid lowland forests of the Amazon Basin, with the notable exception of most of the Guiana Shield. It is sometimes split into two species, the western olive oropendola and the eastern Pará oropendola, but the subspecies P. y. neivae is widely recognized as a hybrid swarm, and the vast majority of authorities consider them a single species. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Icteridae
Genus:
   Psarocolius
Scientific:
  Psarocolius yuracares

Original description

Citation:
  (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA 1838)

Reference:
   Mag. Zool. Paris 8 cl.2 p.2

Protonym:
  C[assicus] yuracares

Type locality:
  Yuracares, Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114209#page/176/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6DF6B2190B306850

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6DF6B219

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6DF6B219

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 729804

English:
Amazonian Oropendola
Catalan:
cacic bicolor
German:
Olivkopf-Stirnvogel
Esperanto:
Grandoliveca psarokolio
Spanish:
Cacique amazónico
French:
Cassique bicolore
Ukrainian:
Конота амазонійська

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cassique bicolore ( Gymnostinops yuracares) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Olive Oropendola ( Gymnostinops yuracares) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Olive Oropendola ( Gymnostinops yuracares) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) ( Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Amazonian Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Olive Oropendola ( Psarocolius yuracares) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Psarocolius yuracares [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Psarocolius yuracares [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Psarocolius yuracares [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Psarocolius [bifasciatus or yuracares] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: cacic bicolor
German: Olivkopf-Stirnvogel, Parástirnvogel (yuracares/neivae)
English: Amazonian Oropendola, Olive Oropendola, Olive Oropendola (Amazonian)
English, HBW: Amazonian Oropendola
English (IOC): Olive Oropendola (Amazonian)
English (United States): Olive Oropendola (Amazonian)
Esperanto: Grandoliveca psarokolio
Spanish: Cacique Amazónico, Cacique de Pará (yuracares/neivae)
Spanish (Ecuador): Oropéndola Oliva (yuracares/neivae)
Spanish (Spain): Cacique de Pará (yuracares/neivae)
Spanish (Peru): Oropéndola Olivácea (yuracares/neivae)
Estonian: amasoonia suurturpial
French: Cassique bicolore, Cassique du Para (bicolore), Cassique du Para [yuracares ou neivae]
French (Guyane): Cacique du Para [yuracares ou neivae]
Japanese (romaji): chabaraootsurisudori (yuracares/neivae)
Japanese: チャバラオオツリスドリ (yuracares/neivae), チャバラオオツリスドリ（yuracares／neivae）
Scientific: Cassicus bifasciatus, Cassicus yuracares, Gymnostinops yuracares, Psarocolius bifasciatus, Psarocolius bifasciatus bifasciatus, Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares, Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares/neivae, Psarocolius yuracares, Psarocolius yuracares yuracares
Norwegian: amazonoropendola (yuracares/neivae)
Polish: kacykowiec nagolicy (yuracares/neivae)
Portuguese (Portugal): oropêndola-olivácea (yuracares/neivae)
Russian: Беленская оропендола (yuracares/neivae)
Slovak: trupiál ružolíci (skup.)
Serbian: Maslinasta oropendola (yuracares/neivae)
Swedish: olivoropendola (yuracares/neivae)
Turkish: Amazon oropendulası (yuracares/neivae)
Ukrainian: Конота амазонійська

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