Jamaican oriole

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

The Jamaican oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) is found chiefly on the island of Jamaica. On the island of San Andrès extant subspecies of the bird can be found. The species is considered extinct on the island of Grand Cayman. Subspecies are restricted geographically to their island homes. The species is closely related to the orioles of the “Northern Oriole” ^[2] such as the Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) rather than other Caribbean members of the genus.^[3]

References

^ Template:IUCN
^ Omland, Kevin; Lanyon, S.; Fritz, S. (2009). "Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 276: 1971–1980. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1626. PMC 2677260.
^ Jamarillo, A.; Burke, P. (1999). New World Icterids. Princeton University Press.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] Omland, Kevin; Lanyon, S.; Fritz, S. (2009). "Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 276: 1971–1980. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1626. PMC 2677260.

[3] Jamarillo, A.; Burke, P. (1999). New World Icterids. Princeton University Press.

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