Cuban Oriole

Cuban Oriole
Cuban Oriole
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Icterus
Species: I. melanopsis
Binomial name
Icterus melanopsis
Wagler, 1829

The Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is endemic to Cuba.

The taxon was formerly lumped with the Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi), Hispaniolan Oriole (Icterus dominicensis), and Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis) into a single species until all four were elevated to full species in 2010.[1]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and plantations .

References

  1. ^ Chesser, R. T., R. C. Banks, F. K. Barker, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr, J. D. Rising , D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2010. Fifty-first supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 127(3):726-744.