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Cuban oriole

Icterus melanopsis (Wagler, 1829)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species in the family Icteridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 35.2 g to 37.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the cuban oriole

Weight
35.2 g – 37.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cuban oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the cuban oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species of songbird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Cuba.

Adults measure 20 cm (7.9 in) long with a 10 cm (3.9 in) wing length. They are black with yellow patches on the shoulders, underwings, rump and undertail. Sexes are alike. 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.

From the Wikipedia article “Cuban oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuban_oriole&oldid=1380661097), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cuban oriole endangered?

The cuban oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the cuban oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyIcteridae
  6. genusIcterus
  7. SpeciesIcterus melanopsis (Wagler, 1829)

Synonyms Icterus dominicensis, Icterus dominicensis, Icterus dominicensis, Icterus dominicensis melanopsis, Icterus virescens, Psarocolius melanopsis

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • turpial de CubaCatalan
  • CubatrupialDanish
  • KubatrupialGerman
  • kuba ikteroEsperanto
  • Turpial cubanoSpanish
  • havannanturpiaaliFinnish
  • Oriole de CubaFrench
  • kubanski vranjakCroatian
  • キューバムクドリモドキJapanese
  • Cubaanse TroepiaalDutch
  • Zwart-gele CubatroepiaalDutch
  • solgumptrupialNorwegian
  • kacyk kubańskiPolish
  • corrupião-cubanoPortuguese
  • Кубинская иволгаRussian
  • Кубинский трупиалRussian
  • Кубинский цветной трупиалRussian
  • trupiál kubánskySlovak
  • Kubanska vugaSerbian
  • Küba TurpiyalıTurkish
  • трупіал кубинськийUkrainian
  • 古巴拟鹂Chinese
  • 古巴擬黃鸝Chinese

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Relatives of the cuban oriole

Other species in the same genus Icterus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cuban oriole?

An adult cuban oriole weighs 35.2 g – 37.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cuban oriole endangered?

The cuban oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cuban oriole?

The cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-oriole

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BibTeX
@misc{cuban_oriole_2026,
  title = {Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}