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 10 species which occur in Chile.
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus (A)
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus (A)
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris (A)
- Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
- Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca
- Bay-winged Cowbird Molothrus badius (A)
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (A)
- Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus
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