Birds of Brazil

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)   →
Genus: Icterus (5 species, 32 worldwide)


Epaulet Oriole
Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis chrysocephalus)
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Compare to Variable Oriole, but note yellow shoulder patch.

Orange-backed Troupial
Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus croconotus)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Campo Troupial
Campo Troupial (Icterus jamacaii) ENDEMIC
  		   
Photograph by Marco Cruz   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow Oriole
Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis nigrogularis)
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia
  More yellow on face than Yellow-backed Oriole, and note white on wings. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Found at sea level, and common in arid scrub as well as farmland.

Variable Oriole
Variable Oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus pyrrhopterus)
Iguazu National Park, Argentina   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Compare to Epaulet Oriole, but note red shoulder patch.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba