Jamaican Oriole
Icterus leucopteryx
The Jamaican oriole is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and weighs 34 to 42 g (1.2 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage though females are somewhat duller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies are mostly olivaceous yellow with a somewhat yellower belly. They have a black mask, throat, and upper breast. Their wings are mostly black with wide white edges on the inner flight feathers and white coverts; the last show as a large white patch on the folded wing. Their tail is black. Subspecies I. l. lawrencii is a brighter yellow-green than the nominate and has lemon-yellow underparts. Voice: The Jamaican oriole's song is a "histled you cheat or cheat-you". Other renditions are tie-tiewu and tie-tiewu-tiewu. The species' calls are "a single or 2-note whistle a short chatter".
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White-edged Oriole
Icterus graceannae
The white-edged oriole is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 46 g (1.6 oz) and females about 37 g (1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults are mostly orange-yellow. They have black lores, a black "mask", and a black "bib" from the chin to the upper breast. Their back is black. Their wings are mostly black with pale yellow lesser and median coverts. Their innermost secondaries and their tertials have the eponymous wide white edges at their bases that show as a large white patch on the closed wing. Voice: The white-edged oriole's song is a "series of rich musical phrases...e.g. chiro-chowee...weeeenh-weh...chiro-chowee...piro, chiro-chowee...weeeenh-weh...piro, chiro-chowee". Its call is "a distinctive throaty jori-jori" that is usually doubled.
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