Gymnomystax mexicanus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The oriole blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. Its genus, Gymnomystax, is monotypic. It is a medium-sized yellow and black bird found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the oriole blackbird in his Ornithologie based on a specimen which he mistakenly believed had been collected in New Spain. He used the French name Le troupiale brun de la Nouvelle Espagne and the Latin Icterus Fuscus Novae Hispaniae. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the oriole blackbird. Linnaeus included a brief description... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Oriole Blackbird sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 4,646 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May, July–August and October–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Oriole Blackbird in Caracas on a given day, against about 30% in February–April, June, September and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oriole Blackbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Oriole Blackbird sightings, Caracas has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Maracaibo (Venezuela, under 5%) and Valencia (Venezuela, under 5%).
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Oriole Blackbird that you can see in Caracas (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Crested Oropendola (about 40%), Carib Grackle (about 20%) and Yellow Oriole (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oriole Blackbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (4,646 verified sightings), 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.
