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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).


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