Bahama Oriole Icterus northropi Scientific name definitions

The Bahama Oriole is a rare tropical oriole native to the islands of Andros and Abaco, but was extirpated from Abaco in the 1990s. It is the rarest among four Greater Antillean orioles, including the Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis), Puerto Rican Oriole (I. portoricensis), and Hispaniolan Oriole (I. dominicensis), and is currently listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List (1 BirdLife International (2020). Species factsheet: Icterus northropi. Downloaded 26 May 2020. Close ). A recent population estimate indicated fewer than 300 individuals in developed habitats on Andros (2 Price, M. R. (2011). Behavioral ecology, taxonomy, and conservation genetics of the Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi). Ph.D. dissertation, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA. Close , 3 Price, M. R., V. A. Lee, and W. K. Hayes (2011). Population status, habitat dependence, and reproductive ecology of Bahama Orioles: a critically endangered synanthropic species. Journal of Field Ornithology 82: 366–378. Close ), however, documentation of Bahama Orioles in Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) forest and other habitats suggests that the population is likely larger (4 Stonko, D.C., L. E. Rolle, L. S. Smith, A. L. Scarselletta, J. L. Christhilf, M. G. Rowley, S. S. Yates, S. Cant-Woodside, L. Brace, S. B. Johnson, and K. E. Omland (2018). New documentation of pine forest nesting by the Critically Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi). Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 1–5. Close ). The Bahama Oriole faces many potential threats including loss of native habitat from human development, forest damage due to hurricane winds and saltwater inundation, loss of nesting trees due to lethal yellowing disease impacting non-native coconut palms (Cocos nucifera), brood parasitism by Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis), and predation by introduced mammalian predators (5 Price, M. R., C. Person, and W. K. Hayes (2015). Geographic variation and genetic structure in the Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi), a critically endangered synanthropic species. PeerJ 3: e1421. Close ).