Genus
Icterus (New world orioles)
Icterus bullockii. Photo: (c) Manuel Becerril González, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
New World orioles are a group of birds in the genus Icterus of the blackbird family. Unrelated to Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae, they are strikingly similar in size, diet, behavior, and strongly contrasting plumage, a good example of convergent evolution. As a result, the two have been given the same vernacular name.
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