Jamaican oriole | |
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At Green Castle Estate, Jamaica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Icterus |
Species: | I. leucopteryx |
Binomial name | |
Icterus leucopteryx (Wagler, 1827) | |
The Jamaican oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
It is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andrés. The subspecies I. l. bairdi formerly occurred on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands but is now extinct, making the species extirpated there.
The species is more closely related to the orioles of the North American mainland, [2] such as the Baltimore oriole ( Icterus galbula ), [3] and the orange oriole ( Icterus auratus ) [4] than to the other Caribbean members of the genus.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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