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- Icterus laudabilis
Identification
Mostly black, with orange or orange-yellow on lower back, rump, shoulder, and lower belly. Immature is greener than the adult with black throat. It is described as 'uncommon, becoming scarcer and threatened'. Among the threats described, habitat loss and nest parasitism by Shiny Cowbird seems especially important.
Distribution
Endemic to the island of St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Coastal vegetation, dry scrub, edges of banana plantations, plantation forest, secondary and primary forest.
Behaviour
External Links
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