Velvet-fronted Grackle bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBlack-shouldered Tanager, Velvet fronted Grackle
Old latin name for birdIcterus tanagrinus, Tachyphonus valeryi
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyOropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds / Icteridae
GenusLampropsar
Breeding regionSouth America
Breeding subregionforested wetlands in Guiana Shield and w, sw Amazonia

Velvet-fronted Grackle bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Calls, songs, © Robert S. Ridgely
    Ecuador
  • 2.
    Alarm calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 3.
    Song, calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Call, © Dan Lane
    Bolivia
  • 5.
    Call, © A. Bennett Hennessey
    Bolivia
  • 6.
    Call, © A. Bennett Hennessey
    Bolivia
  • 7.
    Call, song, © Peter Boesman
    Venezuela
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    Call, song, © Peter Boesman
    Venezuela
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    Call, song, © Peter Boesman
    Venezuela
  • 10.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Venezuela
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see Velvet-fronted Grackle

Velvet-fronted Grackle subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensise Bolivia-No
Lampropsar tanagrinus guianensise Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and n Brazil-No
Lampropsar tanagrinus macropterusw Brazil-No
Lampropsar tanagrinus tanagrinuss Colombia, e Ecuador, ne Peru and w Brazil-No
Lampropsar tanagrinus violaceuswc Brazil-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanfederal de vellut
Chinese绒额拟鹩哥
Chinese (Traditional)絨額擬黃鸝
Croatiancrni vranjak
Czechvlhovec sametový
DanishFløjlspandet Sortstær
DutchPluchekoptroepiaal, Pluchekop-troepiaal
EsperantoVelurfrunta lampropsaro, Lampropsaro
Finnishsamettiturpiaali
FrenchCassique à front velouté, Carouge velouté, Quiscale velouté
GermanSamtstirn-Stärling, Samtstirnstärling
ItalianGracchio frontevellutata, Gracula vellutata
Japaneseビロードムクドリモドキ, ビロアドムクドリモドキ
Lithuaniantanagrinis trupialas
Norwegianfløyelstrupial, Fløyelstrupial
Norwegian NynorskFløyelstrupial
Polishtanagrokacyk, starzykowiec tanagrowaty
PortugueseIrauna-veludo, rabo-de-quilha-aveludado, iraúna, iraúna-velada
RussianТанагровый трупиал
SerbianSomotastočeli kukuruzar
Slovakvlhovec lužný
SpanishTurpial de Frente Terciopelo, Chango terciopelo, Tordo Amazónico, Clarinero frentiafelpado, Tordo Frente Aterciopelada
Swedishsammetstrupial
TurkishKadife Kiskal
Ukrainianтрупіал танагровий