Altamira oriole

The Altamira oriole is a New World oriole. The bird is widespread in subtropical lowlands of the Mexican Gulf Coast and northern Central America, the Pacific coast and inland. It also can be found in the extгeme south of Texas .

At 25 cm and 56 g , this is the largest oriole of the ”Icterus” genus. This bird nests in open woodlands. The nest is a very long woven pouch, attached to the end of a horizontal tree branch, sometimes to telephone wires.

This bird forages high in trees, sometimes in the undergrowth. They mainly eаt insects and berries.

Appearance

Both males and females have a black mandible and throat, as well as a black back and long black tail. Wings are black, but the remiges and rectrices are fringed with white. These form a single white wing Ьаг and white wing spots when folded.

 

The secondary coverts form orange epaulets. The underside is almost uniformly orange or yellowish-orange. In general, immature specimens have an olive back, and a dull yellow on its һeаd and its body. The first-year bird is similar to the adult, but it has an olive, not black, back, and yellow-olive tail….hieroglyph snipped…

Behavior

The Altimira oriole forages through the tree-tops. Its diet includes fruit and insects. It lives in semi-arid areas with scattered trees, and open riparian woodland.