page_title: List of birds of Chile
section_title: Blackbirds
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Chile / Blackbirds
caption_attribution_description: Long-tailed Meadowlark (Sturnella loyca)
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Chile. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. The SACC list includes species recorded in mainland Chile, on the Chilean islands of the Cape Horn area, on other islands and waters near the mainland, and on and around the Juan Fernández Islands. The list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are also those of the SACC.
  The avifauna of Chile has 506 confirmed species, of which 12 are endemic, 113 are rare or vagrants, five have been introduced by humans, and two are extinct or extirpated. An additional seven species are hypothetical. Thirty-five of the species on the Chilean SACC list are globally threatened.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories.
  (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Chile
  Endemic - a species endemic to Chile
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Chile as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Icteridae
  The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, 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 color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. Ten species have been recorded in Chile.
  Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus (V)
  White-browed meadowlark, Leistes superciliaris (V)
  Peruvian meadowlark, Leistes bellicosa
  Long-tailed meadowlark, Leistes loyca
  Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula (V)
  Screaming cowbird, Molothrus rufoaxillaris
  Shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis
  Austral blackbird, Curaeus curaeus
  Grayish baywing, Agelaioides badius (H)
  Yellow-winged blackbird, Agelasticus thilius
caption: Long-tailed meadowlark, a common bird of open country.
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