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Jamaican Oriole
Icterus leucopteryx (Wagler, 1827)
Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
Jamaican Oriole, Icterus leucopteryx, is a passerine of the Icteridae family that lives in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. It was first described by Wagler in 1827. On Jamaica it occurs in forest of many kinds apart from mangroves, and it also uses woodland, other treed places and gardens. The bird is mainly a lowland species, though it is recorded at all heights. Two subspecies survive, with the Jamaican form and the San Andrés form both resident throughout the year.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
- Breeding range
- North America: Jamaica and Cayman Is.
