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Moriche Oriole* |
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Icterus chrysocephalus |
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Description (10)
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Moriche Oriole
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Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)
Size
20 - 22 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, moist forest, swamp forest, heavily degraded former forest, dry savanna.
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
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Southern and eastern Venezuela (southern from eastern Apure, Sucre, Monagas and Delta Amacuro), Guyana, northern and central Suriname and northern French Guiana southern in Amazonia to eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru (Loreto) and north-western Brazil (Roraima and Amazonas).
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Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Status LC
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis) and Moriche Oriole (Icterus chrysocephalus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Icterus cayanensis following SACC (2005). Variable Oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus) has been split from Icterus cayanensis following SACC (2010).
Closely related to Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis), and often treated as conspecific with it and with Variable Oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus). Mitochondrial DNA data reveal small divergence (0·6%) between present species and Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis). Intermediate or hybrid individuals reported mostly from Suriname, but the two do not hybridize in areas of range overlap in Guyana and Brazil, nor in Sipaliwini area of central Suriname. Hybridization possibly occurs locally when conspecifics scarce, but further study is needed.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis).
References
See References.
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BirdLife International
For more information about the Moriche Oriole see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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