Troupials and Allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae
The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris (A)
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- South American Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
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