New World Orioles
Icterus
New World orioles are a group of birds in the genus Icterus of the blackbird family. Unrelated to Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae, they are strikingly similar in size, diet, behavior, and strongly contrasting plumage, a good example of convergent evolution. As a result, the two have been given the same vernacular name.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Baltimore Oriole
speciesIcterus galbula
Hooded Oriole
speciesIcterus cucullatus
Orchard Oriole
speciesIcterus spurius
Bullock's Oriole
speciesIcterus bullockii
Altamira Oriole
speciesIcterus gularis
Streak-backed Oriole
speciesIcterus pustulatus
Scott's Oriole
speciesIcterus parisorum
Variable Oriole
speciesIcterus pyrrhopterus
Black-backed Oriole
speciesIcterus abeillei
Black-vented Oriole
speciesIcterus wagleri
Yellow Oriole
speciesIcterus nigrogularis
Yellow-backed Oriole
speciesIcterus chrysater
Audubon's Oriole
speciesIcterus graduacauda
Venezuelan Troupial
speciesIcterus icterus
Spot-breasted Oriole
speciesIcterus pectoralis
Orange Oriole
speciesIcterus auratus
Black-cowled Oriole
speciesIcterus prosthemelas
Campo Troupial
speciesIcterus jamacaii
Yellow-tailed Oriole
speciesIcterus mesomelas
Orange-backed Troupial
speciesIcterus croconotus
Orange-crowned Oriole
speciesIcterus auricapillus
Bullock's × Baltimore Oriole
hybridIcterus bullockii × galbula
Epaulet Oriole
speciesIcterus cayanensis
Puerto Rican Oriole
speciesIcterus portoricensis
Cuban Oriole
speciesIcterus melanopsis
Jamaican Oriole
speciesIcterus leucopteryx
Altamira × Audubon's Oriole
hybridIcterus gularis × graduacauda
White-edged Oriole
speciesIcterus graceannae
Hispaniolan Oriole
speciesIcterus dominicensis
Bar-winged Oriole
speciesIcterus maculialatus
St. Lucia Oriole
speciesIcterus laudabilis
Martinique Oriole
speciesIcterus bonana
Bahama Oriole
speciesIcterus northropi
Montserrat Oriole
speciesIcterus oberi
Orchard × Hooded Oriole
hybridIcterus spurius × cucullatus
Bullock's × Black-backed Oriole
hybridIcterus bullockii × abeillei
Hooded × Bullock's Oriole
hybridIcterus cucullatus × bullockii
Icterus pustulatus × wagleri
hybridIcterus pustulatus × wagleri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9315.