Nombre en español: Turpial Amarillo
Nombre en ingles: Yellow Oriole
Nombre científico: Icterus nigrogularis
Familia: Icteridae
El gonzalito o turpial amarillo (Icterus nigrogularis] es una especie de ave de la familia Icteridae, que se encuentra en las Antillas Neerlandesas, Aruba, Brasil, Colombia, Guayana francesa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad y Tobago y Venezuela.
Hábitat
Vive en el bosque de galería, en las copas de los árboles en terrenos pantanosos, áreas áridas abiertas o jardines con arbustos y flores, entre los 850 y 1.800 m de altitud.
Descripción
En promedio mide 20,3 cm de longitud y pesa 38 g. Plumaje de color amarillo brillante en el dorso, la cabeza y las partes inferiores; presenta el área ocular y loreal y un babero en la garganta negros. Las alas son negruzcas con una barra blanca y en con las plumas de vuelo con el borde interior blancuzco.
Alimentación
Se alimenta principalmente de insectos, que busca en las copas de los árboles y entre la flores. Completa su dieta con frutas y néctar.
Reproducción
Construye con plantas fibrosas un nido en forma de canasta alargada, de unos 40 cm de profundidad, colgado de una rama alta, con entrada por la parte superior. La hembra pone dos o tres huevos color verde claro, blanco azulado o grisáceo.
Yellow oriole
The yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. It should not be confused with the green oriole, sometimes alternatively called the Australasian yellow oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus, which is an Old world oriole.
The yellow oriole is also called the ‘plantain’ and ‘small corn bird’, and in Venezuela it is known as ‘gonzalito’. It breeds in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and parts of northern Brazil, (northern Roraimastate, and eastern Amapá). The yellow oriole is a bird of open woodland, scrub and gardens. Its nest is a 40 cm-long hanging basket, suspended from the end of a branch. The normal clutch is three pale green or grey eggs.
This is a 20–21 cm long, 38 g weight bird, with mainly yellow plumage, as its name suggests. The adult male has a black eye mask, thin black throat line, black tail and black wings with a white wing bar and some white feather edging.
The female is similar but slightly duller, and the juvenile bird has an olive-tinged yellow back, and lacks black on the face.
There are four subspecies of yellow oriole, of which three are restricted to islands. They differ from the widespread nominate race of the mainland in body and bill size, and minor plumage details.
This species eats mainly large insects, but will also take nectar and some fruit.
The song of the yellow oriole is a pleasant melodious fluting, with some buzzing. The calls include a cat-like whine, and chattering noises.
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