Psarocolius viridis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zlín-Lešná Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 7 | Staten Island Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Oropendola sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 212th most-seen of the 328 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Oropendola in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–August and October–November, the lowest months.
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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Green Oropendola sightings, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 50%), Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same genus: Psarocolius
The closest relatives of the Green Oropendola that you can see in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (genus Psarocolius, Oropendolas) are Russet-backed Oropendola (about 60%) and Crested Oropendola (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Oropendola is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (17 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.
