---
title: "Drachenstärling"
description: "Pseudoleistes virescens — Vögel. The brown-and-yellow marshbird (Pseudoleistes virescens) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/brown-and-yellow-marshbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Drachenstärling

> Pseudoleistes virescens — Vögel. The brown-and-yellow marshbird (Pseudoleistes virescens) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Pseudoleistes virescens*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 2162
- Wikidata: [Q2668958](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668958)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10708](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10708)

## Names

- en: Brown-and-yellow Marshbird
- de: Drachenstärling
- es: Tordo pecho amarillo chico
- fr: Carouge dragon
- nl: Bruine watertroepiaal
- pl: Moczarokacyk brązowawy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1739), UY (263), BR (111)

## Summary

The brown-and-yellow marshbird (Pseudoleistes virescens) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and as a vagrant in Paraguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-and-yellow_marshbird

## Photo

![Drachenstärling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-and-yellow-marshbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241179536

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-and-yellow-marshbird?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).