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 LC    Jamaican Oriole* Id (Atlas):
    Icterus leucopteryx

Description (10)
Image of Jamaican Oriole
 

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wagler, 1827)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Jamaica (B).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Jamaican Oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) [XC426035]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Ecclesdown Road, Portland Parish, Jamaica (song)

 
Jamaican Oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) [XC211329]
     by from Ecclesdown Road, Portland Parish, Jamaica (song)

Subspecies
Appears not closely related to other Caribbean members of genus. Subspecies bairdi of Cayman Is apparently extinct.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • leucopteryx (Wagler, 1827)   -  Jamaica.
  • lawrencii Cory, 1887   -  San Andrés I (east of Nicaragua).
  • bairdi ! Cory, 1886   -  Grand Cayman I. (extinct ca 1967).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Jamaican Oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) - 10 files


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