Yellow Oriole

About the Yellow Oriole

The yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Aruba, Bonaire, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

The yellow oriole was formally described in 1819 with the binomial Xanthornis nigrogularis. In the years since then it was given the binomials Xanthornus xanthornus, Xanthornus linnaei, Oriolus xanthorus, Agelaius xanthornus, Psarocolius xanthornis, and Icterus xanthornus before is current assignment in Icterus.

The yellow oriole has these four subspecies: I. n. nigrogularis (Hahn, 1819) I. n. curasoensis Ridgway, 1884 I. n. helioeides Clark, AH, 1902 I. n. trinitatis Hartert, EJO, 1913 Subspecies I. n. nigrogularis has the local name "gonzalito" in Venezuela. I. n. trinitatis has the local names "small cornbird" and "plantain bird" on Trinidad.

The yellow oriole is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs about 38 g (1.3 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies I. n. nigrogularis are mostly bright yellow though somewhat paler on the belly. They have black lores, a black... Wikipedia →