Montezuma oropendola
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The Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean coastal lowlands from southeastern Mexico to central Panama, but is absent from El Salvador and southern Guatemala. It also occurs on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua and Honduras and northwestern and southwestern Costa Rica. It is among the oropendola species sometimes separated in the genus Gymnostinops. The English and scientific names of this species commemorate the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II.
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Montezuma oropendola | |
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feeding on wild papaya in Belize | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Psarocolius |
Species: | P. montezuma |
Binomial name | |
Psarocolius montezuma (Lesson, 1830) | |
Range of Psarocolius montezuma | |
Synonyms | |
Gymnostinops montezuma |
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