Orange-crowned Oriole
Icterus auricapillus
The Orange-crowned Oriole (Icterus auricapillus) is a rare new world blackbirds, troupials, and alli found in 3 countries, weighing about 32 g. The orange-crowned oriole is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.
About the Orange-crowned Oriole
The orange-crowned oriole is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
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How to identify it
The orange-crowned oriole is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 33 g (1.2 oz) and females an average of 32 g (1.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an orange-red crown, nape, and sides of the head. The rest of their face and their throat, breast, mantle, upper back, and tail are black. Their lower back and rump are yellow and their rearmost uppertail coverts are black with thin yellow edges at the end. Their wing is mostly black with yellow lesser and median coverts that show as an epaulet on the closed wing. Voice: The orange-crowned oriole's song is "a loud, musical, whistled werr, chéet-your-kurr" and it also makes "a musical but slower, longer, rambling ser". Its calls are "a burry and complaining wheea" sharp ze'e't". When foraging it sometimes makes "a loud, clear whistled krEEEa".
What the Orange-crowned Oriole sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
The Orange-crowned Oriole can be seen all year round, with peak activity in May. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify an Orange-crowned Oriole?
- The orange-crowned oriole is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is an Orange-crowned Oriole?
- The Orange-crowned Oriole is a small sized bird weighing about 32 g.
- Where can you see an Orange-crowned Oriole?
- The Orange-crowned Oriole occurs in 3 countries, including Colombia, Panama and Venezuela.
- What does an Orange-crowned Oriole sound like?
- You can listen to a field recording of the Orange-crowned Oriole on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
- What birds look similar to an Orange-crowned Oriole?
- The Orange-crowned Oriole is most easily confused with the Black-backed Oriole, the Puerto Rican Oriole and the Hispaniolan Oriole.
- Is the Orange-crowned Oriole endangered?
- The Orange-crowned Oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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