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Epaulet Oriole - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru, 3 June 2022

Includes Moriche Oriole

Icterus cayanensis

Identification

Mostly black, the epaulet consisting of the upper wing-coverts.

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Suriname, northern Brazil, Peru, eastern Bolivia and Trinidad.

Taxonomy

Polytypic, consists of two subspecies1:

  • I. c. chrysocephalus
  • I. c. cayanensis

Variable Oriole was formerly included in this species.

Habitat

Woodland, thorny scrub and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and nectar.

Breeding

Its nest is a long hanging basket of grass and other plant fibres, suspended from the end of a branch. 2 dark-spotted pale blue or white eggs are laid.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
  3. Birdforum thread discussing the possibility of splitting Variable Oriole from Epaulet Oriole
  4. Arthur Grosset

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External Links

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