About the Jamaican Oriole
The Jamaican oriole is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andrés.
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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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensisThe Hispaniolan oriole is a slender-billed black and yellow oriole that lacks white markings on the wings.
White-edged OrioleIcterus graceannaeThe white-edged oriole is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long.
Orange-crowned OrioleIcterus auricapillusThe orange-crowned oriole is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long.
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