New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) - HBW 16, p. 792

French: Carouge loriot German: Nacktaugentrupial Spanish: Chango Oriolino

Taxonomy: O.[riolus] mexicanus Linnaeus, 1766, Mexico; error = French Guiana.
Molecular data indicate close relationship to Hypopyrrhus and Lampropsar, despite very different plumage. Monotypic.

Distribution: N, NE & WC Venezuela S through E Colombia (E of Andes) and an isolated spot in Cauca Valley; also NE Guyana and extreme N Brazil (Roraima); and Amazonia from E Ecuador, NE Peru (S to Ucayali) and extreme SE Colombia (Leticia, in extreme SE Amazonas) E along R Amazon (S to lower R Tapajós and lower R Tocantins) to Amapá, Marajó I and Mexiana I (Brazil), and French Guiana.