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Venezuelan Troupial
Icterus icterus
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Venezuelan Troupial
The Venezuelan troupial, known in Venezuela as the Turpial (Icterus icterus), is the national bird of Venezuela. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico. Together with the orange-backed troupial and campo troupial, it was previously part of a superspecies simply named the troupial that was split.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Icterus icterus
- Family
- Troupials and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the troupials and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus
- Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
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