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Yellow-tailed Oriole

Icterus mesomelas

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestSmall · 40 g
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas), photo 1
Photo: bgv23 · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas), photo 2
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas), photo 3
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas), photo 4
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas), photo 5
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0

What the Yellow-tailed Oriole sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-tailed Oriole: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Duet · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Yellow-tailed Oriole: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Yellow-tailed Oriole: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Yellow-tailed Oriole

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-tailed Oriole

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Belize Ecuador Mexico Panama Colombia Guatemala Peru Costa Rica Nicaragua Venezuela Honduras

About the Yellow-tailed Oriole

The yellow-tailed oriole is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico to western Peru and northwestern Venezuela; in Peru it also lives in a river valley corridor.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Black-vented Oriole (Icterus wagleri) Black-vented OrioleIcterus wagleriThe black-vented oriole is 20.5 to 23 cm (8.1 to 9.1 in) long. Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) Audubon's OrioleIcterus graduacaudaThe male of the species has a black hood, mandible, and throat, as well as a black tail. Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis) Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisThe spot-breasted oriole is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long.

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