Icterus leucopteryx
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In 3 days >90%
The Jamaican oriole (Icterus leucopteryx) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andrés. The Jamaican oriole was formally described in 1827 with the binomial Psarocolius Leucopteryx [sic]. It was later reassigned to its present genus Icterus that had been erected in 1760. Curiously, it is not closely related to the other Caribbean members of its genus. Its closest relatives appear to be the Mexican endemic orange oriole (I. auratus) and the yellow oriole (I. nigrogularis) of northern South America.
The Jamaican oriole is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and weighs 34 to 42 g (1.2 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage though females are somewhat duller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies are mostly olivaceous yellow with a somewhat yellower belly. They have a black mask, throat,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Jamaican Oriole sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 883 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 91 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Jamaican Oriole in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 60% in July to September, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jamaican Oriole sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jamaican Oriole sightings: about 80% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Jamaican Oriole that you can see in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Jamaican Blackbird (about 30%), Greater Antillean Grackle (about 20%) and Shiny Cowbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jamaican Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (883 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
