Montserrat Oriole
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae

[Photo] Montserrat Oriole (Icterus oberi). Taken in London Zoo. Source: Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukwildlife/1470044888/). Date: 2007-10-01. Author: Neil Phillips (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukwildlife/).

The Montserrat Oriole, Icterus oberi, is a medium-sized black-and-yellow icterid (the same family as many blackbirds, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, and others, including the New World orioles).

It inhabits a small area on the island of Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles. It has been classified by BirdLife International as critically endangered, with a current estimated population of between 200 and 800. Much of its habitat was destroyed by volcanic activity between 1995 and 1997.

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