Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis)

Other Scientific Names
Icterus dominicensis [BirdLife International (2004, 2008)], Icterus dominicensis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Icterus dominicensis [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Cuban Oriole, Greater Antillean Oriole

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wagler, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Cuba.

Cuba, including I of Pines and cays off northern coast (Guillermo, Coco and Pared�n Grande).

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 (2012) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) [XC388888]
by id from Guantanamo Bay Naval Station near Ferry Landing, Cuba (call, song)

Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) [XC388887]
by Wayne Fidler from Guantanamo Bay Naval Station near Ferry Landing, Cuba (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Icterus dominicensis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Hispaniolan Oriole (Icterus dominicensis) and Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas) following AOU (2000), and Hispaniolan Oriole (Icterus dominicensis), Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi), Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) and Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis) following AOU (2010).

Often treated as conspecific with Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi), Hispaniolan Oriole (Icterus dominicensis) and Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis), but molecular-genetic data indicate that they are better treated as separate species. Closely related to Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi), and sequence divergence in mitochondrial DNA between them slight (0�7%), but differs in plumage and is less clearly sexually dichromatic.

References
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