New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater) - HBW 16, p. 759
French: Oriole noir et or
German: Schwarzflügeltrupial
Spanish: Turpial Dorsidorado
Other common names: Lesson’s Oriole; Honda Oriole (“hondae”)
Taxonomy: Xanthornus chrysater Lesson, 1844, Mexico.
DNA data indicate that this species is closely related to I. parisorum and I. graduacauda. Hybridizes rarely with I. mesomelas. Proposed taxon hondae (based on two specimens from upper Magdalena Valley, in Colombia) appears undiagnosable; included within race giraudii. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mayensis van Rossem, 1938 - N Yucatán Peninsula (SE Mexico).
- chrysater (Lesson, 1844) - C & S Yucatán Peninsula (S to Belize) and S Mexico (inland S Veracruz, extreme E Oaxaca and Chiapas) S to N Nicaragua.
- giraudii Cassin, 1848 - C Panama (on both coasts) to NW Venezuela (Miranda), C & SW Colombia and extreme NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male - foraging for and eating grubs in the bark of a tree. Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 8 January 2011 2 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A nest with two chicks, and adults feeding them. Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Pere Sugranyes 25 June 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A bird moving around in the top of a tree Locality Ammo Dump, Gamboa, Panama Province, Panama (ssp giraudii)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
A bird moving in a tree and flying away Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mayensis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 September 2006 5 years ago 11 sec 4 -
Two birds at a feeder Locality Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Cayo District, Belize (ssp chrysater)
Paul Clarke 23 March 2002 5 years ago 36 sec 3.2 -
A bird moving around high in a tree. Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (ssp giraudii)
Keith Blomerley 30 October 2012 17 weeks ago 10 sec 3
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Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater), carrying food
Locality El Jaguar Cloud Forest Reserve, Jinotega Department, Nicaragua
Manfred Bienert 20 May 2012 28 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird at a garden feeder
Locality Sanare, Lara State, Venezuela (ssp giraudii)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 22 April 2012 40 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on a wire
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
mauricio rueda 10 November 2007 4 years ago 4 -
Male - foraging for and eating grubs from under the bark of a tree.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 8 January 2011 2 years ago 3.9 -
Male - perched on a flowering tree.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 21 January 2009 4 years ago 3.8 -
Male - perched in flowering curuba vine feeding on flowers
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 13 February 2009 4 years ago 3.5
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Dawn song Locality Boyacá Department, Colombia
Libor Vaicenbacher 13 July 2011 1 year ago 4
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