Venezuelan in Aruba

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 2:29 PM AST                                                                    Oranjestad, Aruba                                                                                                                        12.54636° N, 70.04937° W                                                                                    

We were neighbors to the beautiful Venezuelan troupials while in Oranjestad, Aruba for the birthday trip. They were pretty welcoming. Heres a little something about them...

The Venezuelan troupial, known in Venezuela as the Turpial (Icterus icterus), is the national bird of Venezuela. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico.

The term troupial is from French troupiale, from troupe ("troop"), so named because they live in flocks.

Venezuelan troupial inhabit dry areas like woodlands, gallery forest, dry scrub, plains, and open savanna, where they mainly forage for fruits of the giant cactus, which make up their entire diet while in season. However, they also consume other fruits, such as mangoes, sapodillas, papaya, soursop, dates and malpighia cherries. 

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