New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas) - HBW 16, p. 770
French: Oriole monacal
German: Gelbschultertrupial
Spanish: Turpial Cabecinegro
Taxonomy: Xanthornus prosthemelas Strickland, 1850, Guatemala.
Closely related to I. spurius. Formerly regarded as conspecific with Greater Antillean group of species (I. northropi, I. melanopsis, I. dominicensis and I. portoricensis), but this treatment not supported by DNA data. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- prosthemelas (Strickland, 1850) - SE Mexico (from Veracruz E to Yucatán and Quintana Roo) and Caribbean lowlands from Belize, N Guatemala and N Honduras S to C Costa Rica.
- praecox A. R. Phillips & Dickerman, 1965 - SE Costa Rica (Limón) and W Panama (Bocas del Toro to Coclé).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving around flowers and feeding Locality Palenque, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp praceox)
Rigdon Currie 31 January 2004 3 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
2 birds at feeder with Clay-colored Robin Locality Gavilan Lodge, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 14 February 2011 34 weeks ago 9 sec 3 -
3 shots of a perched bird II Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 3 -
3 shots of a perched bird I Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 3
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An adult just before take-off at a feeder.
Locality Gavilan Lodge, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Eldert Groenewoud 1 March 2006 2 years ago 3 -
A male perched on a tree.
Locality Tortuguero, Limón Province, Costa Rica
Carmelo López 3 March 2004 1 year ago 2
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