Cuban oriole

Cuban oriole
Juvenile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Icterus
Species: I. melanopsis
Binomial name
Icterus melanopsis
(Wagler, 1829)
Adult bird showing yellow patches

The Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Cuba.

Adults measure 20 cm (7.9 in) and are black with yellow patches on shoulders, underwings, rump and undertail. Sexes are alike. Juvenile birds are yellow-green with a black face and throat.[2]

The taxon was formerly lumped with the Bahama oriole (Icterus northropi), Hispaniolan oriole (Icterus dominicensis), and Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis) into a single species [3] until all four were elevated to full species in 2010.[4]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and plantations.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Icterus melanopsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Schulenberg, T.S., ed. (2011). "Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 23 October 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ These four species were lumped as the Greater Antillean oriole, which itself was previously lumped with the Central American black-cowled oriole.[2]
  4. ↑ Chesser, R.T.; Banks, R.C.; Barker, F.K.; Cicero, C.; Dunn, J.L.; Kratter, A.W.; Lovette, I.J.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Remsen, Jr., J.V.; Rising, J.D.; Stotz, D.F.; Winker, K. (2010). "Fifty-first supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds". Auk 127 (3): 726–744. doi:10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726.

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