Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus cocronotus)

Identification & Behavior: 23 cm ( 9 in). The Orange-backed Troupial is mostly orange with a black face and bib. The wings and tail are also black. The bill is black with a bluish base of the mandible. It has a blue orbital bare skin around the eye and a pale iris. It generally favors forest edges, second growth, and agricultural plantations. It is the only orange and black oriole in Amazonia but see Oriole Blackbird.

Status: The Orange-backed Trupial is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1,500 m along the foothills of the eastern Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo. 

Name in Spanish: Turpial de Dorso Naranja

Sub-species: Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus croconotus), (Wagler), 1829.

Meaning of Name: 
Icterus:  Ikteros= Gr. Yellow bird. cocronotus: Gr. kroko, croco= yellow;  notos= back

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