Green Oropendola

Green Oropendola

Psarocolius viridis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Brownsberg Nature Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

153 Verified sightings at Brownsberg Nature Park From 2019 to 2026
610 In all 5 parks
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Green Oropendola

The green oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The green oropendola was formally described in 1776 with the binomial Oriolus viridis. Other authors placed it in generus Xanthornus before it was assigned to its present Psarocolius. It is monotypic. Male green oropendolas average 48.5 cm (19 in) long and females 37 cm (15 in). Males average 405 g (14 oz) and females 215 g (7.6 oz). Adult males have long feathers on their nape that form a crest. Females lack the crest but are otherwise like males. Adults are mostly yellowish olive. They are pink to dull orange on the lores and around their eye. Their wings are dusky olive and their rump, uppertail coverts, belly, thighs, and crissum are chestnut. Their central pair of tail feathers are dusky olive and the rest yellow with dusky olive outer edges on the outermost pair. Both sexes have a large bill with a swollen casque; the bill's inner half is pea-green and its outer half orange-red... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:45

Colombia · 2022

© Frank Lambert · XC1043166 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:41

Brazil · 2025

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1034593 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:07

Colombia · 2017

© Jorge Muñoz · XC377758 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~50%
2 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
3 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
4 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
5 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belém 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Zlín-Lešná Zoo 🇨🇿 Czechia In captivity
2 Singapore Zoo 🇸🇬 Singapore In captivity
3 Wilhelma 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
4 Houston Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
5 Bird Paradise 🇸🇬 Singapore In captivity
6 Rainforest Wild Asia 🇸🇬 Singapore In captivity
7 Staten Island Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
8 Dallas World Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Green Oropendola in Brownsberg Nature Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Green Oropendola sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 153 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Green Oropendola in Brownsberg Nature Park?

December

In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Green Oropendola in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 40% in August and November, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Green Oropendola?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Oropendola sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Brownsberg Nature Park the best place to see a Green Oropendola?

Yes

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Green Oropendola sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).

Where does the Green Oropendola sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Green Oropendola is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (153 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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