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title: "Gelbkopfstärling"
description: "Chrysomus icterocephalus — Vögel. The yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/yellow-hooded-blackbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gelbkopfstärling

> Chrysomus icterocephalus — Vögel. The yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Chrysomus icterocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2113
- Wikidata: [Q1589691](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589691)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69688](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69688)

## Names

- en: Yellow-hooded Blackbird
- de: Gelbkopfstärling
- es: Monjita Cabeciamarilla
- fr: Carouge à capuchon
- nl: Geelkaptroepiaal
- pt: Iratauá-pequeno
- pl: Ciemnokacyk żółtogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1310), PE (212), TT (209), GF (86), BR (58), PA (30), VE (25), GY (19), SR (12)

## Summary

The yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela. It has been recorded as a vagrant on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. In addition, there is a small population in extreme eastern Panama and a previously misidentified specimen from Barbados.

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

## Photo

![Gelbkopfstärling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-hooded-blackbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226658583

## Machine access

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