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 LC    Yellow Oriole* Id (Atlas):
    Icterus nigrogularis

Description (10)
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Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
20 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hahn, 1819)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest, mangroves, dry savanna, urban areas, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)
Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Grenada.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly large insects. Also nectar and some fruit.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) [XC440173]
     by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao (and NOT Venezuela) Curacao not an option in drop-down menu, Venezuela (song)

 
Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) [XC490898]
     by Jerome Fischer from Nieuw Amsterdam, Commewijne, Suriname (song)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • nigrogularis (Hahn, 1819)   -  North-western and north-eastern Colombia (Caribbean region south to middle Magdalena Valley, and in Meta and Vichada), Venezuela (from Zulia east, mostly north of R Orinoco, to Delta Amacuro), Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, and northern Brazil (Roraima and Amapá).
  • curasoensis Ridgway, 1884   -  Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire).
  • helioeides Clark, AH, 1902   -  Margarita I, off northern Venezuela.
  • trinitatis Hartert, 1913   -  Trinidad, and nearby north-eastern Venezuela (Paria Peninsula).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) - 10 files


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