Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Icteridae
About
The Montezuma oropendola 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.
Fun Fact
When males were singing and their song overlapped, the largest male could out-compete the other males at the colony by changing how loud and how deep his lowest peak frequency was.
Quick Facts
Habitat
To be updated
Diet
Eating insects out of curled up leaves, while the males often perch on thick branches and forage in epiphytes and bromeliads.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance