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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 ...
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
Species nesting in areas with cold winters are strongly migratory, while subtropical and tropical species are more sedentary. The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus ) by the German Dominican friar Albertus Magnus in about 1250, which he stated to be onomatopoeic , from the song of the European golden oriole .
New England actually plays host to two species of orioles, the Baltimore Oriole being the more common and well known. Its rarer and less flashy cousin, the Orchard Oriole is smaller with a more ...
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).
Great-tailed grackle Altamira oriole. Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae. 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 ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belize. Belize includes around 450 smaller cays and islands lying in the Caribbean Sea in addition to the mainland. The avifauna of Belize included a total of 621 species as of May 2023, according to Bird Checklists of the World. [1] Of the 618, 99 are rare or accidental and four have been introduced.
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