Oriole Blackbird

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Oriole Blackbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Gymnomystax
Species: G. mexicanus
Binomial name
Gymnomystax mexicanus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Gymnomystax, is monotypic. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.

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