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Icterus laudabilis
Photo © by Richard Fray
Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Identification

Mostly black, with orange or orange-yellow on lower back, rump, shoulder, and lower belly. Immature is greener than the adult with black throat. It is described as 'uncommon, becoming scarcer and threatened'. Among the threats described, habitat loss and nest parasitism by Shiny Cowbird seems especially important.

Distribution

Endemic to the island of St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Coastal vegetation, dry scrub, edges of banana plantations, plantation forest, secondary and primary forest.

Behaviour

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