Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus)

Bagé, RS, Brazil.

 

They are striking and uncommon, particularly away from the coast.

 

Known in Brazil as "cardeal-do-banhado".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Passeri

Family: Icteridae

Genus: Amblyramphus Lacepede, 1799

Species: A. holosericeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Binomial name: Amblyramphus holosericeus

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