Bar-winged Oriole (Icterus maculialatus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	37 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	117,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-49999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019), thus it is placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals here.

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
El Salvador	Montecristo Forest
El Salvador	San Salvador Volcano
El Salvador	San Vicente Volcano
El Salvador	The Volcans and San Marcelino
Guatemala	Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala	Atitlan
Mexico	Chimalapas

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	500 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bar-winged-oriole-icterus-maculialatus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.