New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus) - HBW 16, p. 767
French: Oriole à dos orange
German: Orangerückentrupial
Spanish: Turpial Amazónico
Other common names: Orange-backed Oriole
Taxonomy: Ps.[arocolius] croconotus Wagler, 1829, “Mexico”; error = River Tapajós, Pará, Brazil.
Closely related to I. icterus and I. jamacaii; the three are often regarded as conspecific, but no intermediates or hybrids known in limited areas where ranges of present species and I. jamacaii overlap in Brazil (R Palmeiras, in Tocantins), and no hybrids reported in areas where sympatry with escaped captives occurs (e.g. around Belém, in Pará, in N Brazil). Proposed taxon paraguayae (described from 265 km W of Puerto Casao, in Paraguayan Chaco), sometimes treated as a race of I. jamacaii, is subsumed in race strictifrons of present species. Two sub.. View all taxonomy...
Closely related to I. icterus and I. jamacaii; the three are often regarded as conspecific, but no intermediates or hybrids known in limited areas where ranges of present species and I. jamacaii overlap in Brazil (R Palmeiras, in Tocantins), and no hybrids reported in areas where sympatry with escaped captives occurs (e.g. around Belém, in Pará, in N Brazil). Proposed taxon paraguayae (described from 265 km W of Puerto Casao, in Paraguayan Chaco), sometimes treated as a race of I. jamacaii, is subsumed in race strictifrons of present species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- croconotus (Wagler, 1829) - S Guyana and adjacent N Brazil (Roraima and NW Amazonas); also SE Colombia (Putumayo), E Ecuador (Napo and Pastaza) and E Peru E in Brazil S of R Amazon to W Pará (R Tapajós, R Araguaia) and Tocantins, and S to NW Bolivia (Pando).
- strictifrons Todd, 1924 - E Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz) E to C Brazil (Mato Grosso), and S through Paraguayan Chaco to N Argentina (Salta, Formosa and Chaco).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird foraging. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp strictifrons)
Alex García · Videoaves 21 July 2008 4 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
Two birds in a tree, one of them foraging Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp strictifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 6 years ago 43 sec 3.9 -
bird in a tree Locality Moyobamba, San Martín Department, Peru (ssp croconotus)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 November 2012 4 weeks ago 9 sec 3.8 -
A perched bird looking around Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp strictifrons)
Yaiza Aragón 19 March 2008 5 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
Three birds in a tree, one of them displaying Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp strictifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 6 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
Two birds in a tree Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp strictifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 6 years ago 36 sec 3.7
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Bird perched on a branch.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp croconotus)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 24 August 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
A perching bird
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Male - perched on a tree branch.
Locality Leticia, Amazonas Department, Colombia (ssp croconotus)
Blair Wainman 14 August 2009 3 years ago 3.4 -
A male.
Locality Boa Vista, Roraima State, Brazil (ssp croconotus)
MARCELO CAMACHO 28 August 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
A bird perched on a branch
Locality Tena, Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 16 October 2012 26 weeks ago 3.3 -
Rear view of a bird perched on a leaf.
Locality Embiara Lodge, Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp strictifrons)
Carmelo López 11 November 2011 1 year ago 3.2
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