Epaulet oriole

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Epaulet oriole
Epaulet Oriole - Pantanal - Brazil H8O1352 (23781001732).jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Icterus
Species:
I. cayanensis
Binomial name
Icterus cayanensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Oriolus cayanensis Linnaeus, 1766
  • Icterus chrysocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

The epaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. The moriche oriole, formerly considered a distinct species (I. chrysocephalus) is now placed herein as a subspecies. The variable oriole, (I. pyrrhopterus), was formerly considered conspecific, but has recently been split by the SACC.

The epaulet oriole is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Icterus cayanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22724076A132025625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22724076A132025625.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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