List of Birds of Peru - Troupials and Allies

Troupials and Allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 35 species which occur in Peru.

• Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
• Pale-eyed Blackbird Agelasticus xanthophthalmus
• Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
• Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris
• White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris
• Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
• Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
• Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
• Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
• Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
• Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus
• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
• Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
• White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae
• Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
• Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
• Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
• Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
• Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
• Selva Cacique Cacicus koepckeae (E)
• Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
• Ecuadorian Cacique Cacicus sclateri
• Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
• Casqued Oropendola Psarocolius oseryi
• Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
• Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis
• Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens
• Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
• Band-tailed Oropendola Ocyalus latirostris
• Amazonian Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus
• Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
• Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
• Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus
• Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus