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. 2009 Mar 4;276(1664):1971–1980. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1626
species female song latitudea references
Agelaioides badius infrequent S temperateb Hauber et al. (1999) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelaius assimilis duet with male tropical Whittingham et al. (1992, 1997) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelaius humeralis duet with male tropical Whittingham et al. (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelaius phoeniceus infrequent N temperate Yasukawa & Searcy (1995) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelaius tricolor infrequent N temperate Beedy & Hamilton (1999) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelaius xanthomus similar to male tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelasticus thilius rare or absent S temperate Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Agelasticus xanthophthalmus similar to male tropical Orians & Orians (2000)
Amblycercus holocericeus duet with male tropical Ridgely & Tudor (1989), Howell & Webb (1995) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Amblyramphus holosericeus infrequent S temperateb Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Cacicus cela infrequent tropical Feekes (1981, 1982), Trainer (1989) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Cacicus chrysopterus duet with male S temperateb Stiles & Skutch (1989), Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Cacicus haemorrhous rare or absent tropical Feekes (1981) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Cacicus solitarius duet with male tropical Ridgely & Tudor (1989) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Cacicus uropygialis duet with male tropical Stiles & Skutch (1989), Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Chrysomus icterocephalus rare or absent tropical Wiley & Wiley (1980) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Chrysomus ruficapillus rare or absent S temperateb Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Curaeus forbesi similar to male tropical Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Dives dives duet with male tropical Orians (1983), Stiles & Skutch (1989) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Dives warszewiczi duet with male tropical Orians (1983) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus rare or absent N temperate Martin & Gavin (1995) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Euphagus carolinus infrequent N temperate Avery (1995) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Euphagus cyanocephalus infrequent N temperate Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Martin (2002)
Gnorimopsar chopi similar to male tropicalb Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Gymnomystax mexicanus similar to male tropical Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Gymnostinops bifasciatus rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Fraga & Kreft (2007)
Gymnostinops guatimozinus rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Gymnostinops montezuma rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Price et al. (2006)
Icterus bullockii similar to male N temperate Miller (1931) and Rising & Williams (1999)
Icterus chrysater similar to male tropical Howell (1972) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus chrysocephalus duet with male tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus croconotus duet with male tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus cucullatus infrequent N temperate Pleasants & Albano (2001)
Icterus galbula infrequent N temperate Beletsky (1982), Rising & Flood (1998) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus graduacauda similar to male tropicalb Flood (1990), Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Flood et al. (2002)
Icterus icterus similar to male tropical Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus leucopteryx similar to male tropical Scott (1893) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus mesomelas duet with male tropical Stiles & Skutch (1989) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus parisorum infrequent N temperate Scott (1885), Bent (1958) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus pectoralis similar to male tropical Stiles & Skutch (1989), Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Icterus pustulatus similar to male tropicalb Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Price et al. (2008)
Icterus spurius infrequent N temperate Bent (1958), Scharf & Kren (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Macroagelaius imthurni similar to male tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Molothrus aeneus rare or absent N temperateb Lowther (1995), Skutch (1996), Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Warren (2002)
Molothrus ater rare or absent N temperate Lowther (1993) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Molothrus bonariensis rare or absent S temperateb Skutch (1996), Hauber et al. (1999), Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Lowther & Post (1999)
Molothrus oryzivorus rare or absent tropical Stiles & Skutch (1989), Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Molothrus rufoaxillaris rare or absent S temperate Ridgely & Tudor (1989), Skutch (1996), Hauber et al. (1999) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Nesopsar nigerrimus similar to male tropical Wiley & Cruz (1980), Skutch (1996) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Psarocolius angustifrons rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Fraga & Kreft (2007)
Psarocolius atrovirens rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Psarocolius decumanus rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Psarocolius oseryi rare or absent tropical Ridgely & Tudor (1989) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Psarocolius viridis rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Psarocolius wagleri rare or absent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Quiscalus lugubris rare or absent tropical Ridgely & Tudor (1989)
Quiscalus major infrequent N temperate Post et al. (1996)
Quiscalus mexicanus rare or absent N temperateb Skutch (1996), Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Johnson & Peer (2001)
Quiscalus nicaraguensis infrequent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Quiscalus niger infrequent tropical Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Quiscalus quiscula infrequent N temperate Wiley (1976) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Sturnella magna infrequent N temperateb Lanyon (1995) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Sturnella neglecta rare or absent N temperate Lanyon (1994) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus infrequent N temperate Twedt & Crawford (1995) and Jaramillo & Burke (1999)
Xanthopsar flavus infrequent S temperate Jaramillo & Burke (1999) and Fraga (2005)
a

Scored based on whether more or less than 80 per cent of breeding range is above or below 23.5° latitude north (N) or south (S), based on range maps in Jaramillo & Burke (1999).

b

Species in which less than 80 per cent of breeding range is included in either the tropical or a temperate zone; breeding ranges in these taxa were classified based on the locations of published observations of singing behaviour.