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title: "Chestnut-capped Blackbird"
description: "Chrysomus ruficapillus — Uccelli. The chestnut-capped blackbird (Chrysomus ruficapillus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chestnut-capped-blackbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-capped Blackbird

> Chrysomus ruficapillus — Uccelli. The chestnut-capped blackbird (Chrysomus ruficapillus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Chrysomus ruficapillus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4823
- Wikidata: [Q1588436](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588436)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69696](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69696)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-capped Blackbird
- de: Rotschulterstärling
- es: Varillero congo
- fr: Carouge à calotte rousse
- nl: Bruinkaptroepiaal
- pt: Garibaldi
- pl: Ciemnokacyk kasztanowogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2318), BR (2230), UY (78), PY (18), BO (16)

## Summary

The chestnut-capped blackbird (Chrysomus ruficapillus) 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/Chestnut-capped_blackbird

## Photo

![Chestnut-capped Blackbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-capped-blackbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337844428

## Machine access

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