Black-backed Oriole (Icterus abeillei)

Other Names (World)
Black-backed Oriole, Abeille's Oriole

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
17.50 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, rural gardens, plantations. From 1,600 - 2,800 m, occasionally 1,000 - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Breeds in central Mexico from Durango and Nuevo Le�n south to Michoac�n and Veracruz. Winters in central Mexico mostly along transvolcanic belt south to Oxaca.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Black-backed Oriole (Icterus abeillei) [XC586470]
by Isain Contreras Rodr\u00edguez from Mexico City, Federal District, laguna de San Gregorio Atpulco, Mexico (song)

Black-backed Oriole (Icterus abeillei) [XC648806]
by Manuel Grosselet from Lomas de Bezares Miguel Hidalgo Mexico city, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Icterus galbula (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockiorum) and Black-backed Oriole (Icterus abeillei) following AOU (1998).

Sometimes treated as conspecific with Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockiorum), but DNA data indicate that it is sister to Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) and all formerly treated as conspecific.

References
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