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Audubon's oriole (Icterus graduacauda), formerly known as the black-headed oriole, is a New World passerine inhabiting the forests and thickets of southeastern Texas and the Mexican coast. It is the only species to have a black hood and yellow body.
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: Icterus bullockii (Swainson, 1827) 40 Streak-backed oriole ...
The black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is a bird of open woodland and cultivation. The nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. Its food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found ...
The Audubon Society website provides a useful Native Plant Database to help attract specific species of birds such as the Baltimore oriole with its arrestingly lovely song.
The event is in its 28th year, organized by the National Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada, aims to help scientists better understand the global bird population. Data ...
Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius (R) Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus; Streak-backed oriole, Icterus pustulatus (R) Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii; Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula (R) Scott's oriole, Icterus parisorum (R) Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus; Tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor; Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater
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Icterus is from Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”); the ictērus was a bird the sight of which was believed to cure jaundice, perhaps the Eurasian golden oriole. [5] Brisson re-applied the name to the New World birds because of their similarity in appearance.