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title: "Rotkopfstärling"
description: "Amblyramphus holosericeus — Vögel. The scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/scarlet-headed-blackbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rotkopfstärling

> Amblyramphus holosericeus — Vögel. The scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Amblyramphus holosericeus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1409
- Wikidata: [Q1586092](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586092)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10694](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10694)

## Names

- en: Scarlet-headed Blackbird
- de: Rotkopfstärling
- es: Federal
- fr: Carouge à tête rouge
- nl: Roodkoptroepiaal
- pt: Cardeal-do-banhado
- pl: Starzykowiec szkarłatny

## Countries with the most observations

AR (899), BR (291), UY (104), PY (40), BO (27)

## Summary

The scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet-headed_blackbird

## Photo

![Rotkopfstärling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarlet-headed-blackbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244715191

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scarlet-headed-blackbird?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).