Icterus graceannae
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The white-edged oriole (Icterus graceannae) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The white-edged oriole was formally described by John Cassin in 1867 with the binomial Icterus Grace-Annae, which (with modern spelling) remains its binomial. Cassin named it "in honor of my highly esteemed friend, Miss Grace Anna Lewis...accomplished as a teacher of Natural History".
The white-edged oriole is monotypic. The white-edged oriole is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 46 g (1.6 oz) and females about 37 g (1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults are mostly orange-yellow. They have black lores, a black "mask", and a black "bib" from the chin to the upper breast. Their back is black. Their wings are mostly black with pale yellow lesser and median coverts. Their innermost secondaries and their tertials have the eponymous wide white edges at their bases that show as a large white patch on the closed wing. Their tail is mostly black with white edges on the outermost pair of feathers and sometimes white tips... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-edged Oriole sighting in Lima on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 147th most-seen of the 171 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-edged Oriole in Lima on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-edged 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.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate White-edged Oriole sightings, Lima ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Guayaquil (Ecuador, under 5%).
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the White-edged Oriole that you can see in Lima (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Scrub Blackbird (about 80%), Shiny Cowbird (about 30%) and Yellow-hooded Blackbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-edged Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Lima (30 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.
