Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
About the Montezuma Oropendola
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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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 147 recordings for this species: 51 CC BY-NC-SA · 23 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius waglerirecording
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanusrecording
- Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensrecording
- Green OropendolaPsarocolius viridisrecording
- Olive OropendolaPsarocolius bifasciatusrecording
- Russet-backed OropendolaPsarocolius angustifronsrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.