Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Variable Oriole - Icterus pyrrhopterus

Order: Passeriformes (Oscines) - Familiy: Icteridae
Habitat: Woods and bushland
Before Icterus cayanensis

All records since January 2014
Sounds

© José L. Merlo
© Diego Caiafa
© José L. Merlo
Adult
Boyerito/Variable Oriole
Black. Fine bill. Long tail
Boyerito/Variable Oriole
Rufous shoulders not always visible
Boyerito/Variable Oriole
Boyerito/Variable Oriole
Boyerito/Epaulet Oriole© J. Simón Tagtachian
Breeding
Boyerito/Variable Oriole© J. Simón Tagtachian
Diet
It eats insects, arachnids and fruits. It is nectarivorous.
Boyerito/Variable Oriole© J. Simón Tagtachian Boyerito/Variable Oriole© Hernán Tolosa
Boyerito/Variable Oriole© J. Simón Tagtachian Boyerito/Variable Oriole© J. Simón Tagtachian
Boyerito/Variable Oriole© J. Simón Tagtachian Boyerito/Epaulet Oriole© Sergio Cusano
Boyerito Icterus pyrrhopteruseating camuati nest
© Roberto Ares
Differences between black birds
aves conflictivas copy
Spectacled Tyrant, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Solitary Black Cacique, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Unicoloured Blackbird, Screaming Cowbird, Shiny Cowbird, White-lined Tanager and Variable Oriole
More photographic records since January 2013