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 (A)
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Montezuma Oropendola Gymnostinops montezuma
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