 Juvenile birds are olive while immature birds are olive with a black face and throat.The taxon was formerly lumped with Bahama orioles ("Icterus northropi"), Hispaniolan orioles ("Icterus dominicensis"), and Puerto Rican orioles ("Icterus portoricensis") into a single species known as the Greater Antillean oriole until all four birds were elevated to full species status in 2010.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and plantations.