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The Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) is a New World oriole. The bird is widespread in subtropical lowlands of the Mexican Gulf Coast and northern Central America, the Pacific coast and inland. They have since spread to southern Texas, but this was not until 1939. [2] At 25 cm (9.8 in) and 56 g (2.0 oz), this is the largest oriole in genus ...
Jamaican oriole: Icterus leucopteryx: Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andrés Orange oriole: Icterus auratus: the Yucatán Peninsula and far northern Belize Altamira oriole: Icterus gularis: subtropical lowlands of the Mexican Gulf Coast and northern Central America, the Pacific coast and inland Yellow oriole: Icterus nigrogularis
Yellow-backed oriole: Icterus chrysater (Lesson, RP, 1844) 34 Audubon's oriole: Icterus graduacauda Lesson, RP, 1839: 35 Jamaican oriole: Icterus leucopteryx (Wagler, 1827) 36 Orange oriole: Icterus auratus Bonaparte, 1850: 37 Altamira oriole: Icterus gularis (Wagler, 1829) 38 Yellow oriole: Icterus nigrogularis (Hahn, 1819) 39 Bullock's oriole
Special oriole feeders filled with sugar water supplement the flower nectar that Baltimore orioles gather as well as small amounts of jelly - with an emphasis on small to avoid soiling their feathers.
The smallest icterid species is the orchard oriole, in which the female averages 15 cm in length (6 in) and 18 g (0.040 lb) in weight, while the largest is the Amazonian oropendola, the male of which measures 52 cm (20 in) and weighs about 550 g (1.21 lb).
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Baltimore oriole Montezuma oropendola. The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.
Altamira oriole; Amazon kingfisher; Amazon parrot; Amazonian plain xenops; American black swift; American coot; American dipper; American pygmy kingfisher; American white ibis; Aphanotriccus; Aplomado falcon; Azure-hooded jay