Bahama Oriole Icterus northropi
Version: 1.0 — Published October 20, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Dutch | Bahamatroepiaal |
English | Bahama Oriole |
English (United States) | Bahama Oriole |
French | Oriole des Bahamas |
French (France) | Oriole des Bahamas |
German | Bahamatrupial |
Japanese | バハマムクドリモドキ |
Norwegian | bahamastrupial |
Polish | kacyk bahamski |
Russian | Багамский трупиал |
Serbian | Bahamska vuga |
Slovak | trupiál bahamský |
Spanish | Turpial de las Bahamas |
Spanish (Spain) | Turpial de las Bahamas |
Swedish | bahamatrupial |
Turkish | Bahama Turpiyalı |
Ukrainian | Трупіал багамський |
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Introduction
Bahama Oriole is a tropical oriole native to the islands of Andros and Abaco in the Bahamas. It is one of the four Greater Antillean orioles, along with Cuban (Icterus melanopsis), Puerto Rican (Icterus portoricensis), and Hispaniolan (Icterus dominicensis) orioles. Out of the four species, Bahama Oriole is the rarest. It was extirpated from Abaco Island in the 1980s and is currently listed as “Critically Endangered” by the IUCN Red List (Birdlife International 2013). The exact cause of the decline in the Bahama Oriole population is unknown but human development and parasitism by Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) could play major roles (Price et al. 2011).