Icterus cayanensis;
Epaulet Oriole;
Encontro.

The yellow thighs are characteristic of subspecies tibialis, see Jaramillo and Burke 1999. The bird shown here has some grey spots on the head; it seems that it lost feathers there, maybe because of molting, or some disease.
Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis)
25/01/2006; Fazenda Canaã, Pentecoste, Ceará, Brazil. 200 mm f2.8 lens.


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