From Opus

Icterus dominicensis

Photo by Conorbirda2
Location: the Costa Rica .

[edit] Identification

[edit] Adult

• Black
• Yellow on rump, vent and shoulders
  • Yellow extending further forward on the underside of males in the Bahamas

[edit] Immatures

Non-descript buffy-brownish and can be confusing compared to both adults and other oriole species.

[edit] Distribution & Taxonomy

Greater Antillean Oriole is found in the Bahamas (only on Andros and Abaco), Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, all with smaller islands included. A recent thread here in Birdforum revealed that the Cuban forms could be treated as a separate species, Cuban Oriole, and the local field guide for Puerto Rico already treats the subspecies there as a full species, Puerto Rican Oriole, "Icterus portoricensis". Indeed, four new species have been proposed from Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, and Bahamas; look at the link to Birdlife under "External Links".

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] External Links

• This page at Birdlife International relates a proposal to split all four Greater Antillean Orioles into separate species, and raise concern for the Bahamas form