Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Black-vented Oriole

Icterus wagleri

The Black-vented Oriole (Icterus wagleri) is a 42 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

42 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, United States, Nicaragua, El Salvador.

Where to see it: Rancho Primavera (Mexico); Finca Rubel Chaim (acceso restringido) (Guatemala); RNP Los Tarrales · sendero La Rinconada (Guatemala); selva negra (Nicaragua); Barrio La Leona (FW) (Honduras).

Photo: (c) José Belem Hernández Díaz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist