Comprehensive Description
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Icterus icterus (Linnaeus)
The race jamacaii of this oriole has been found to be parasitized by the shiny cowbird (subspecies M. bonariensis melanogyna) at Pirapora, Minas Gerais, Brazil (H. Sick). This is a “first” record, both for the race of the host and for the race of the parasite. There was a single earlier record in Guyana involving the host race I. icterus croconotus and the parasite race M. bonariensis minimus (Friedmann, 1963:211).
YELLOW-WINGED BLACKBIRD
- bibliographic citation
- Friedmann, Herbert, Kiff, Lloyd F., and Rothstein, Stephen I. 1977. "A further contribution of knowledge of the host relations of the parasitic cowbirds." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-75. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.235
