Jamaican
Oriole
(Icterus leucopteryx)
Photographed at
Rockland’s Bird Sanctuary, Montego Bay, Jamaica Aug 2013
Jamaican Orioles species is common
and widespread in Jamaica, where it is found in all types of forests, as well
as in gardens. The birds sometimes roost communally. It is a long-tailed
greenish-yellow bird, with black wings, relieved by extensive white in the
coverts, and a paler black mask bib. The tail is also black, with white edges.
Like most bird species in Jamaica, this oriole breeds in the austral spring,
between March and June
It
is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andres. It formerly
occurred on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands but is now extinct there. Its
natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical
or tropical moist montage forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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