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Spot-breasted oriole

Icterus pectoralis (Wagler, 1829)

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The spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis) is a species in the family Icteridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 46.5 g to 52.3 g and live up to 11.6 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
Photo: Len Blumin from Mill Valley, California, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the spot-breasted oriole

Weight
46.5 g – 52.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
11.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc 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 spot-breasted oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the spot-breasted oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. It also has an introduced population in southern Florida.

From the Wikipedia article “Spot-breasted oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spot-breasted_oriole&oldid=1359358181), 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 spot-breasted oriole endangered?

The spot-breasted 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 spot-breasted oriole classified?

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

Synonyms Psarocolius pectoralis

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Spotted-breasted orioleEnglish
  • turpial maculatCatalan
  • trupiál černoprsýCzech
  • euryn bronfrithWelsh
  • Pletbrystet TrupialDanish
  • TropfentrupialGerman
  • makulbrusta ikteroEsperanto
  • Turpial pechipintoSpanish
  • Bolsero PechimanchadoSpanish
  • Bolsero pecho manchadoSpanish
  • Calandria Pecho MoteadoSpanish
  • täplärintaturpiaaliFinnish
  • Oriole maculéFrench
  • pjegavoprsi vranjakCroatian
  • cseppfoltos trupiálHungarian
  • Oriolo pettomacchiatoItalian
  • ムナフムクドリモドキJapanese
  • dėmėtakrūtis spalvingasis trupialasLithuanian
  • raibkrūšu vālodzeLatvian
  • VlekborsttroepiaalDutch
  • flekktrupialNorwegian
  • kacyk plamistyPolish
  • corrupião-maculadoPortuguese
  • corrupião-de-peito-manchadoPortuguese
  • Corrupião-de-peito-pintadoPortuguese
  • Пестрогрудый трупиалRussian
  • Пестрогрудый цветной трупиалRussian
  • trupiál škvrnitoprsýSlovak
  • Američka vuga sa šarom na grudimaSerbian
  • fläckbröstad trupialSwedish
  • Noktalı TurpiyalTurkish
  • трупіал плямистоволийUkrainian
  • 斑胸拟鹂Chinese
  • 斑胸擬黃鸝Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the spot-breasted oriole

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the spot-breasted oriole?

An adult spot-breasted oriole weighs 46.5 g – 52.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the spot-breasted oriole endangered?

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

How long does the spot-breasted oriole live?

The spot-breasted oriole has a recorded lifespan of 11.6 years.

What kind of animal is the spot-breasted oriole?

The spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spot-breasted-oriole

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{spot_breasted_oriole_2026,
  title = {Spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spot-breasted-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}