Gymnomystax mexicanus
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oriole Blackbird sighting in Valencia, Venezuela on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 186 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriole Blackbird in Valencia, Venezuela on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Valencia, Venezuela's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in February.
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.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Oriole Blackbird sightings, Valencia, Venezuela ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Caracas (Venezuela, about 30%) and Maracaibo (Venezuela, under 5%).
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Oriole Blackbird that you can see in Valencia, Venezuela (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Crested Oropendola (about 20%), Yellow Oriole (about 20%) and Carib Grackle (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 Valencia, Venezuela (27 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.
