Pseudoleistes

The marshbirds, Pseudoleistes, are a small genus of icterid birds (family Icteridae).

"Marshbird" redirects here. For non-perching birds of marshland, see Waterbird and Wader.

Pseudoleistes
Yellow-rumped marshbird (Pseudoleistes guirahuro)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Pseudoleistes
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Type species
Pseudoleistes viridis[1]
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Species

Pseudoleistes guirahuro
Pseudoleistes virescens

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Genus Pseudoleistes – P.L. Sclater, 1862 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-rumped marshbird

Pseudoleistes guirahuro
(Vieillot, 1819)		 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Brown-and-yellow marshbird

Pseudoleistes virescens
(Vieillot, 1819)		 Paraguay
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



References
  1. "Icteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Oropendolas, orioles, blackbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 November 2023.


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