New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Orange-crowned Oriole (Icterus auricapillus) - HBW 16, p. 773

French: Oriole à tête d’or German: Orangekopftrupial Spanish: Turpial Coroninaranja

Taxonomy: Icterus auricapillus Cassin, 1848, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Recent DNA data indicate close relationship with I. dominicensis, I. bonana, I. laudabilis, I. oberi and I. portoricensis. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Panama (E from Panamá and Darién) E across N Colombia (S to Huila and N Meta) and Venezuela (E to Sucre and Monagas, S to N Bolívar).

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