Brown-and-yellow Marshbird
A species of Marshbirds Scientific name : Pseudoleistes virescens Genus : Marshbirds
Brown-and-yellow Marshbird, A species of Marshbirds
Botanical name: Pseudoleistes virescens
Genus: Marshbirds
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Description General Info
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Description
The brown-and-yellow marshbird (Pseudoleistes virescens) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in the Pampas and north to the Paraguayan border and Rio Grande do Sul, where its natural habitats are swamps and pastureland. 
Size
24 cm
Feeding Habits
Brown-and-yellow Marshbird primarily consumes insects, arthropods, and small vertebrates, with a 13% composition of spiders and 7% of seeds in its diet. It forages on the ground, probing soil and overturning items to find food, often in flocks with sentinels, sometimes alongside other icterids.
Habitat
The habitat of brown-and-yellow Marshbird primarily encompasses marshes, wet grasslands, and sometimes adjacent agricultural fields and roadsides. These birds typically inhabit treeless plains, often found in areas with rolling or rocky terrains near water sources such as streams. They are known to roost within emergent marsh vegetation or in tall grasses like Panicum prionites and Cortaderia selloana.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Genus
Marshbirds Species
Brown-and-yellow Marshbird 
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