New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) - HBW 16, p. 764

French: Oriole jaune German: Orangebrusttrupial Spanish: Turpial Amarillo

Taxonomy: Xanthornus nigrogularis Hahn, 1819, north Brazil.
Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • nigrogularis (Hahn, 1819) - NW & NE Colombia (Caribbean region S to middle Magdalena Valley, and in Meta and Vichada), Venezuela (from Zulia E, mostly N of R Orinoco, to Delta Amacuro), Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, and N Brazil (Roraima and Amapá).
  • curasoensis Ridgway, 1884 - Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire).
  • helioeides A. H. Clark, 1902 - Margarita I, off N Venezuela.
  • trinitatis E. J. O. Hartert, 1913 - Trinidad, and nearby NE Venezuela (Paria Peninsula).