Yellow-headed corpse

The yellow-headed corpse ^[1] ( lat. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) is a North American species of passerine birds from the family of cadavers ( Icteridae ), distinguished into the monotypic genus Xanthocephalus ^[2] . This species is widespread in North America , as well as in Central America ( Mexico , Panama , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Bahamas ), but in Central America, as in Greenland , it is a migratory one ^[3] . Body length - 22.5-28 cm ^[4] .

Yellow-headed corpse
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes Kingdom: Animals Kingdom : Eumetazoi No rank : Bilateral symmetrical No rank : Secondary Type of: Chordate Subtype : Vertebrates Infratype : Maxillary Overclass : Tetrapods Grade: Birds Subclass : Real birds Infraclass : Newborn Squad: Passerines Suborder : Songbirds Infrastructure : Passerida Superfamily : Passeroidea Family: Corpse Gender: Yellow-headed corpses ( Xanthocephalus Bonaparte , 1850 ) View: Yellow-headed corpse
International scientific name
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ( Bonaparte , 1826 )
Area
Nesting range   Migrations   All year round
Security status
Least Concerned IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22724169

The plumage of males is black with a bright yellow plumage of the head and chest; on the front side there is, as it were, a mask of black feathers located from the base of the beak and around the eyes; there are white spots on the wings ^[5] .