Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis)
About the Cuban Oriole
The Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species of songbird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Cuba. Adults measure 20 cm (7.9 in) long with a 10 cm (3.9 in) wing length. They are black with yellow patches on the shoulders, underwings, rump and undertail. Sexes are alike. Juvenile birds are olive while immature birds are olive with a black face and throat. The taxon was formerly lumped with Bahama orioles (Icterus northropi), Hispaniolan orioles (Icterus dominicensis), and Puerto Rican orioles (Icterus portoricensis) into a single species known as the Greater Antillean oriole until all four birds were elevated to full species status in 2010.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 6 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Cuba in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Audubon's OrioleIcterus graduacaudarecording
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbularecording
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiirecording
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensisrecording
- Orange-crowned OrioleIcterus auricapillusrecording
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.