Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda)

Other Names (World)
Audubon's Oriole, Black-headed Oriole

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lesson, 1839

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, USA (B).

Vagrant to Puerto Rico.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) [XC330587]
by Andrew Spencer from Volcan Nieve, Jalisco, Mexico (song)

Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) [XC360345]
by Leonardo Guzman Hernandez from Salineno, Starr Co., TX, United States (call)

Subspecies
DNA data indicate that this species is closely related to Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) and Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater). Subspecies audubonii intergrades with nominate.

Proposed subspecies richardsoni, described from Oaxaca (Chimalapa, in Tehuantepec), in southern Mexico, synonymized with dickeyae.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

audubonii Giraud Jr, 1841 - Extreme southern USA (southern Texas) and north-eastern Mexico (Nuevo Le�n and Tamaulipas).
graduacauda Lesson, 1839 - Eastern Mexico (San Luis Potos��, southern Tamaulipas and north-western Veracruz).
nayaritensis van Rossem, 1938 - Western Mexico (Nayarit and western Jalisco).
dickeyae van Rossem, 1938 - Southern Guerrero and Oaxaca (Sierra Madre), possibly also Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Audubons Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) - 10 files

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