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Orange-crowned oriole

Icterus auricapillus Cassin, 1848

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The orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus) is a species in the family Icteridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 32.2 g to 33 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus)
Photo: Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the orange-crowned oriole

Weight
32.2 g – 33 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src 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

Photos of the orange-crowned oriole

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Orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus)
TonyCastro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the orange-crowned oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the orange-crowned oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus) 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.

From the Wikipedia article “Orange-crowned oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orange-crowned_oriole&oldid=1379674009), 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 orange-crowned oriole endangered?

The orange-crowned 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. What the categories mean.

How is the orange-crowned oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyIcteridae
  6. genusIcterus
  7. SpeciesIcterus auricapillus Cassin, 1848
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • turpial de capell dauratCatalan
  • trupiál oranžovohlavýCzech
  • euryn penorenWelsh
  • Orangekronet TrupialDanish
  • OrangekopftrupialGerman
  • Orangekopf-TrupialGerman
  • oranĝkrona ikteroEsperanto
  • Toche robleroSpanish
  • Turpial cabecirrojoSpanish
  • Turpial coroninaranjaSpanish
  • oranssilakkiturpiaaliFinnish
  • Oriole à tête d'orFrench
  • Oriole à tête d’orFrench
  • narančastoglavi vranjakCroatian
  • narancsfejű trupiálHungarian
  • Oriolo capoarancioItalian
  • アカボウシムクドリモドキJapanese
  • auksavainikis spalvingasis trupialasLithuanian
  • OranjekaptroepiaalDutch
  • gyllenhettetrupialNorwegian
  • kacyk płomiennogłowyPolish
  • corrupião-de-coroa-laranjaPortuguese
  • Оранжевоголовый трупиалRussian
  • Золотоголовый цветной трупиалRussian
  • trupiál ohnivohlavýSlovak
  • Narandžastokruna američka vugaSerbian
  • orangekronad trupialSwedish
  • Turuncu Alınlı TurpiyalTurkish
  • трупіал золотоголовийUkrainian
  • 橙冠拟鹂Chinese
  • 橙冠擬黃鸝Chinese

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Relatives of the orange-crowned 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 orange-crowned oriole?

An adult orange-crowned oriole weighs 32.2 g – 33 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the orange-crowned oriole endangered?

The orange-crowned 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 orange-crowned oriole?

The orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-crowned-oriole

MLA

“Orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-crowned-oriole.

BibTeX
@misc{orange_crowned_oriole_2026,
  title = {Orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-crowned-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}