Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis) |
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© Carl Beel | © Carl Beel | © Carla Out |
chrysocephala moriche vorm © Dominiek Plouvier |
Epaulet Oriole: In Suriname two subspecies of this Oriole seem to interbreed and you see Orioles with yellow on head, shoulders and rump (called Moriche Oriole I.c.chrysocephala )and often found in the northern savanna region near Moriche palms and some with only the shoulders yellow like the one on the first photo, more often found in the interior. Johan Ingels writes me that the nests he found in French Guiana were made at the undersite of a big leaf, fastened at four points and resembling somehow a hammock. This bird is often kept as a cagebird in Suriname because of its sweet whistles. Photo of an Epaulet Oriole, made by Carl Beel along the Pikin Rio in the South of Suriname in December 2009. The second photo is a juvenile with a more brownish plumage. The third is by Carla Out. Dominiek Plouvier made the short video. In remembrance of my brother in law Henk Essed, who much liked the singing of the Epaulet Oriole. |
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Video recording of a Epaulet Oriole © ; |
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Observations through the year | Observations of breeding through the year |
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The 206 reported observations of this bird in Suriname, mainly for the last 50 years up to 2018, have been grouped by month. More birds on one day are counted as one observation. Of course, if the graph should depict the total number of birds seen, the differences between the months could be much more pronounced. | The 7 reported breeding observations of this bird in Suriname. Most observations are about nest with eggs, some about fledglings, or feeding at a nest or the building of a nest. Of the about 5000 nests and eggs found for all species together, about 1/3 comes from the egg collection of Penard between 1896 and 1905. For some reason most collecting then was done in the first half of each year, so the shown distribution does not necessarily reflect the actual breeding preferences. The main dry season in Suriname is reckoned to be from half August to the end of November, the main wet season from half April to half August, but the the timing of begin and end does vary from year to year. Around March a second dry season often occurs. |