Can anyone name the species of this bird sitting on the antenna on the building next door to me this morning in Caracas? My Hilty book shows several similar Orioles but they have a different pattern of black on the face and throat.
Updating now on 16April '08: A number of people have suggested the Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus). He lives here and the marking patterns of these seem to match perfectly.
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I believe that's a --shocker-- yellow oriole! They were all over the place in Bonaire when I visited in January
Disregard my last comment... upon further review I believe that's an Oriole Blackbird
http://resources.edb.gov.hk/biology/english/images/bird/!Oriole%20Blackbird.jpg
Or maybe a Golden Oriole...
Catapulting Aaron, thanks for your comments. That's the same sequence of opinion that I went through when I dug into some bird books. The Yellow Orioles seemed to have a lot more black on the throat than those on the antenna.
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