Jamaican oriole

The Jamaican oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.

Jamaican oriole
At Green Castle Estate, Jamaica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Icterus
Species:	I. leucopteryx
Binomial name
Icterus leucopteryx (Wagler, 1827)

Distribution

It is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andrés. The subspecies I. l. bairdi formerly occurred on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands but is now extinct, making the species extirpated there.

Taxonomy

The species is more closely related to the orioles of the North American mainland,^[2] such as the Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula),^[3] and the orange oriole (Icterus auratus)^[4] than to the other Caribbean members of the genus.

Juvenile on San Andrés, Archipelago of San Andrés, Colombia

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.