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Location: Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico

Icterus wagleri

[edit] Identification

Black hood, upper back, wings, and tail, including vent, yellow-orange underparts and lower back, slender black bill, grey legs and feet. Forages in trees and bushes.

[edit] Similar Species

Adult is similar to Black-cowled Oriole but has black undertail coverts and vent.

[edit] Distribution

Mexico (where found in the interior and pacific slope) south to Nicaragua.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Arid scrub and deciduous forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects, berries and fruit.

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