Icterus laudabilis

– Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

AVES

Order:

PASSERIFORMES

Family:

ICTERIDAE

Scientific Name:

Icterus laudabilis

Species Authority:

Sclater, 1871

Common Name/s:

English

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ST LUCIA ORIOLE

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

NT ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Evaluator/s:

Stattersfield, A. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Justification:

Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria D1+2.

History:

1988	-	Near-threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988)
1994	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
2000	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000)

Geographic Range

Range Description:

Icterus laudabilis is a scarce but still widespread endemic on St Lucia in the Lesser Antilles¹. A total of 53 pairs were located in 1987 in coastal vegetation, dry scrub, edge of banana plantations, plantation forest, secondary and primary forest up to 700 m ^1,2. Since 1935, it has become less numerous and more local, probably owing to a combination of pesticide spraying, habitat loss, parasitism by Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis and harassment by Bare-eyed Robin Turdus nudigenis^1,2.

Countries:

Native:

Saint Lucia

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Citation:	BirdLife International 2004. Icterus laudabilis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 September 2008.
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