Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Icteridae > Icterus > Icterus prosthemelasIcterus prosthemelas (Black-cowled Oriole)The black-cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Honduras. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.20528 EDGE Score: 1.64967 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 32 grams | | Female Weight [4] | 27 grams | | Male Weight [4] | 30 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [4] | 11.1 % |  | | Breeding Habitat [2] | Tropical evergreen forests | | Wintering Geography [2] | Non-migrartory | | Wintering Habitat [2] | Tropical evergreen forests | | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 40 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Nectar [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 40 % | | | Clutch Size [1] | 3 |
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IBA Criteria |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Arenal-Monteverde |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bosawas |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cahuita, Gandoca-Manzanillo and Migratory Bird Corridor |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Candelaria-Campur |
Guatemala |
A3 |
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Caribbean lowlands and wetlands |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Central Volcanic Cordillera |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Guatemalan Caribbean Slope |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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La Amistad Caribe |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lachua-Ikbolay |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Los Guatuzos |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Maleku-Caño Negro |
Costa Rica |
A1 |
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Maya-Lacandon |
Guatemala |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Miskito Keys and terrestrial landscape |
Nicaragua |
A1 |
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Pacuare, coastal wetlands and Migratory Bird Corridor |
Costa Rica |
A2, A3, A4i |
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Palo Seco Protection Forest |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rio La Pasion |
Guatemala |
A3 |
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Sacranix |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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San San Pond Sak Wetlands |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018. ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Russell, SM 1964. A distributional study of the birds of British Honduras. Ornithol. Monogr 1:1–195 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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