Icterus pustulatus
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The streak-backed oriole (Icterus pustulatus) is a medium-sized species of passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Mexico, in Central America from Guatemala to Costa Rica, and occasionally in the United States.
The streak-backed oriole was formally described in 1829 with the binomial Psarocolius pustulatus. The streak-backed oriole's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) assign it these eight subspecies:
Both Clements and the American Ornithological Society recognize groups within the species: This article follows the eight... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 13 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 2 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-backed Oriole sighting in Puebla on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 131st most-seen of the 164 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-backed Oriole in Puebla on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months. That is one of Puebla's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 170 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-backed Oriole sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Streak-backed Oriole sightings, Puebla ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in San Salvador (El Salvador, about 30%), Managua (Nicaragua, about 30%) and Guadalajara (México, about 30%).
Same genus: Icterus
The closest relatives of the Streak-backed Oriole that you can see in Puebla (genus Icterus, New World Orioles) are Bullock's Oriole (about 10%), Black-vented Oriole (about 10%) and Orchard Oriole (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-backed Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Puebla (10 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.
