New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Black-backed Oriole (Icterus abeillei) - HBW 16, p. 763

French: Oriole d’Abeillé German: Schwarzmanteltrupial Spanish: Turpial Dorsinegro
Other common names: Abeille’s Oriole

Taxonomy: Xanthornus Abeillei Lesson, 1839, Mexico.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with I. bullockii, but DNA data indicate that it is sister to I. galbula; all three formerly treated as conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds in C Mexico from Durango and Nuevo León S to Michoacán and Veracruz; winters in C Mexico mostly along transvolcanic belt S to Oxaca.