Russet-backed Oropendola Display

Artist:

Melissa Pons

Kosñipata, Cusco, Peru

Notes:

The first time I actually listened to an oropendola was in Björk’s song Arisen My Senses. Obviously, it stayed in my mind’s ear. That was a sample from Jean C. Roché’s track “Gran Sabana” from his 1973 album Oiseaux du Vénézuéla and the song itself belongs to the Crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus).

While in the Manu National Park, I felt overjoyed to listen and to see oropendolas everyday. There the predominant subspecies is the Russet-backed (Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi), possibly Pawkara in Quechua.
And they are not so difficult to be observed: their medium-long bright yellow tail stands out in the tree branches. Their court display involves a lot of movement, flying from branch to branch, singing this beautiful rich crescendo, also described as “a series of explosive liquid and bubbling notes”.

Also in this recording you’ll listen to the Limpkin, Haotzin, Violaceous Jay, Dusky-Headed Parakeet and Yellow-tufted Woodpecker.

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Russet-backed Oropendola Display

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