Endangered
Colombian Mountain Grackle
Macroagelaius subalaris
Colombian Mountain Grackle is a perching bird in the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes) — Macroagelaius subalaris, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
The sexes have the same plumage. Their axillaries and underwing coverts are dark chestnut. This color is seldom visible in the field. Juveniles are dusky brown with less gloss and chestnut than adults.
The Colombian mountain grackle is 27 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long.
Range and habitat
The Colombian mountain grackle is found on the western slope of the northern part of Colombia's Eastern Andes in Norte de Santander, Santander, and Boyacá departments. It inhabits humid montane forest heavy with epiphytes. It especially favors forest of the oak Quercus humboldtii.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
The Colombian mountain grackle's diet has not been fully described but is known to include insects, other arthropods, and berries. It forages among leaves and epiphytes, typically between about 15 and 30 m (50 and 100 ft) above the ground.
The Colombian mountain grackle breeds between May and September. It does not breed in colonies but is a cooperative breeder with up to five adults in a group.
In crisis
Colombian Mountain Grackle is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Colombian Mountain Grackle, Wikidata item Q580539. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
